We were recently contacted a 26-year-old man arrested and charged in Hamilton County with assault as a first-degree misdemeanor. The client is a young professional with no previous criminal history and was out with friends drinking when he became drunk and woke up in jail. The client was told he had punched the bartender of the bar he had been at with his friends the night before. The young man had no active memories of the alleged incident, and if convicted, he faced a $1,000 fine, six months in jail and a permanent criminal record. He was concerned about his future, so he consulted with Brad Groene, an experienced Cincinnati criminal defense lawyer at Luftman, Heck & Associates. The judge presiding over the client’s case was a strict judge and Brad appeared on the client’s behalf at four court hearings before the case was set to go to trial.
The bar at which our client had committed the alleged offense refused to provide our law office with video surveillance of the incident as evidence. The alleged victim, the bartender, refused to attend any of the court hearings. Brad negotiated for the charges to be dismissed due to uncooperative witnesses and lack of evidence. The prosecutor agreed not to request a continuance of the case. Our client was extremely relieved at this outcome and did not have to worry about an assault conviction on his record.
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