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Criminal Complaint Against College Student Charging Assault and Battery Does Not Issue After Clerk Magistrate Hearing
In April of this year campus police at a prestigious local university were called to a dormitory for a report of a fight. Upon arrival the officers soon learned that two roommates became involved in an altercation after one of them refused to turn off the lights in the room. The fight became violent and neighboring dorm residents called the police. After an investigation the defendant was charged with assault and battery under G.L. c. 265 Section 13A. A clerk magistrate hearing was scheduled. Today, our office succeeded in convincing the clerk magistrate not to issue the criminal complaint.
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