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Editor: Will Hanlon & Charlie Lambert
Profession: Tampa Defense Attorneys

Category: Domestic Violence

CASE #06-CM-018218; 06-CM-017499; Judge Nick Nazaretian;
Date: August 8, 2006

FACTS: The defendant was charged with committing two batteries in a span of nine (9) days. The victim was a serious alcoholic who had been to alcohol detox shortly before the defendant was arrested. She had numerous bruises all over her body.

DEFENSE: The victim's alcoholism brought on a blood disease (ecchymoses) that caused her blood to leak into her skin whenever she fell down or bumped into an object. The victim's injuries were the result of injuries she received while intoxicated, not by the defendant.

RESULT: After depositions with the victim the State agreed to drop one battery charge in exchange for a plea of No Contest to the other charge. The State agreed to withhold the adjudication and the defendant was not convicted.