Offense: Criminal Threatening with a Deadly Weapon (DV)
Maximum Sentence: 5 years prison and a term of probation. Future federal prohibition against owning, possessing or using a firearm if convicted.
Synopsis: Client held a loaded firearm to her husband’s forehead and threatened to shoot him. Only witnesses to the case were the client and the victim. The victim was not credible and the client denied the conduct. Client indicated she was actually the victim of domestic violence and that she had actually been assaulted by the victim.
Result: Grand Jury refused to indict and the case was dismissed.
