A Brockton man will need to hire an experienced Worcester criminal attorney after being charged with assault and battery as a result of a bar room brawl. Alexis Collado-Ortiz of Brockton was charged with assault and battery and held on $ 5000.00 cash bail out of the Milford District Court after allegedly kicking a man in the head outside of a Portuguese Club.
This is according to a new account written by Ashley Studley of the Milford Daily News.
The case against Collado-Ortiz involves allegations that he jumped out of a car and kicked and punched the alleged victim leaving him lying on the side walk with severe injuries.
The Milford, Massachusetts criminal lawyer argued during the bail hearing that this incident was a brawl involving a large number of people that were heavily intoxicated. Accordingly, at trial, the defendant could have a number of potential defenses, that he did not cause the injuries during the brawl, that he acted in self-defense or the defense of a third party. It appears to be in dispute from the news account how many people were involved and how the incident occurred. This may require the hiring of an investigator to interview potential witnesses. As a Massachusetts criminal attorney, in some cases like assault and battery, domestic assault or a sex crime, a criminal lawyer will hire an investigator to interview witnesses. It is perfectly permissible for a lawyer to interview witnesses to see if their statement is consistent with any version in the police report or to find out what a witness can add to the defense of the case. It is common for witnesses and even the victim of a crime to have a different version in the police report, and if this can be learned prior to trial in may be beneficial to the defense of the case.
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