25MM****

Our client was arrested and charged with domestic Battery.  The victim alleged that his brother slammed him to the ground during a verbal altercation in their mother’s living room. Law enforcement failed to interview two eyewitnesses. Our attorney gathered sworn statements from those witnesses and pictures of our client’s injuries. The evidence and statements were consistent with our client’s statement that the victim was the primary aggressor. He provided this information to the prosecutor, but the State initially refused to dismiss the case. Totally confident in his legal representation, the client rejected the State’s offer for a diversion program.  The attorney set the case for Trial and prepared pretrial motions.  Faced with the facts, the State dismissed the case before the stand your ground hearing.