Not guilty of Aggravated Assault!

Client charged with aggravated assault felony domestic violence - alleged to have shot his girlfriend with a firearm in Bolivar County.

After hearing testimony of a struggle over the gun and it being negligently but not willfully discharged, and through cross examination and rigorous scrutiny of evidence gathered by the Bolivar County Sheriff’s Department - the jury found our client guilty of the lesser offense of simple assault under Miss Code Ann 97-3-7(3))a)(ii)

Since his arrest last September, client has remained incarcerated as a pretrial detainee unable to make bond for 14 months. We had to push to get his case tried during this short work week, or else he would have had to wait another 6 months or longer to get his day in court - all the while sitting in jail on the tax payers’ dime.

As the maximum sentence on simple assault is 6 months, he will be released on a time served sentence. Though he will not be able to get the other 8 months he unnecessarily served in jail back, we at CLF are glad to get the right result for our client and return him to his family before Thanksgiving