November 22, 2024
Felony Assault and Battery with a Dangerous Weapon (2 Counts)
Client was easy-going hard-working guy with some limited court involvement and no convictions. He has come to Massachusetts to be with a romantic interest and that relationship eventually came to a natural amicable end. However, an instance occurred where client was at former love interests home and another person appeared and words were exchanged. Eventually, the other person punched client in the mouth with a reasonable amount of force. Everything from there happened quickly and in the confusion client had taken out his knife and the other person was stabbed in the hand, requiring stitches and allegations of nerve damage to his hand. Client was living out of state and in warrant status when he retained Attorney Barabino. They quickly put together a default removal package to present to the court and coordinated client to come to Massachusetts to remove that default. That warrant was successfully removed and client returned to his home state. After client returned to his home state, Attorney Barabino was able to get permission for client to remain in his home state and attend court by zoom. And agreement for a plea was struck in part, since there were third party witnesses to the allegation. Finally, there was a plea agreement where client would enter a conditional plea via zoom, where he would be on probation for a period of 18 months and the case would be dismissed at the conclusion of that period if he didn’t get any more trouble. Client understood the risk of trial and embraced that that disposition case concluded.
Result: Felony Assault and Battery via Knife resolved.