Domestic Assault and Battery, Witness Intimidation and Threats
Oct 09, 2013OUTCOME: Dismissed
Client was charged with Domestic Assault and Battery, Witness Intimidation, and Threats after his wife walked into a police station to report that she was the victim of an abusive relationship. She wen ... t to the hospital and received stitches for a head injury, and police obtained her medical records and photographed a scar on her forehead from the assault. She said that she never called police because client threatened to kill her if she did and also threatened her siblings. The medical records noted that she told hospital staff that the injury occurred when she was cleaning and a wooden slat from a mattress fell down and hit her in the head. She told police that client forced her to lie to the hospital staff about how she sustained the injury. Attorney Leon retained an emergency room physician to review the allegations and medical records. The physician provided a report concluding that the injury was not caused by a fist or foot because the laceration would have been jagged and there would be more swelling and bruising surrounding the area than was documented. He concluded that the injury to client’s wife was more likely to be caused by a falling wooden slat hitting her head than by a fist or a foot. Attorney Leon was then successful in getting the case dismissed.
