Combs Waterkotte Partner Matthew Brown represented a client in Morgan County, Missouri, who faced two counts of first-degree assault and one count of armed criminal action. The first-degree assault charges were Class A felonies, and a conviction for armed criminal action would have carried a consecutive sentence, leaving the client facing the possibility of spending the rest of his life in prison.
At trial, Brown challenged the evidence connecting the client to the alleged assault. The defense highlighted conflicting witness accounts, the injured person’s inability to identify the client as one of his assailants, and the lack of forensic evidence tying him to the injuries. After hearing the evidence, the Morgan County jury returned not guilty verdicts on all three felony charges, resulting in a complete acquittal.
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