Unheard of? When you hit someone it's assault and battery. One for the threat the other for actually doing it. The justice system regularly stacks any applicable crime to get you to "plea down" to what you should have gotten.
Yea, lesser included offenses and all. But assault is different than battery. They are not mutually exclusive. You can't murder someone intentionally and by accident at the same time.
Unheard of? When you hit someone it's assault and battery. One for the threat the other for actually doing it. The justice system regularly stacks any applicable crime to get you to "plea down" to what you should have gotten.
Yea, lesser included offenses and all. But assault is different than battery. They are not mutually exclusive. You can't murder someone intentionally and by accident at the same time.
But he pled guilty before any trial but they still took it to court. This trial was all show