Meyer wins domestic violence assault trial

The client denied the allegation. He showed Meyer photographs of his wife and said her cheeks are often flushed and she would not need to be hit for them to appear red.

At trial, Meyer was able to effectively question what motivation the alleged victim may have for claiming she’d been assaulted. She’d said, during a pre-trial interview, she wants full custody of the children. The client’s mother and father each testified that their daughter-in-law had told them she wanted to get a restraining order and had repeatedly said she wished their son was dead.

Jurors initially deliberated for 30 minutes and said they’d reached a verdict, but after they returned to the courtroom and were individually polled by the judge only five out of the six jurors said they’d voted not guilty. Judge Kristin Parcher ordered jurors to resume deliberations to see if they could reach a unanimous verdict. After an additional hour of discussing the case, they did.

Had Meyer’s client been convicted of fourth-degree assault, a gross misdemeanor, he could have been sentenced to up to one year in jail.