Monserrate Verdict Expected Today

2009_09_monserratehl.jpg Later this afternoon, Justice William Erlbaum is expected to give his verdict for State Senator Hiram Monserrate's assault trial. The freshman Senator (and former NYPD and City Councilman) is accused of slashing his girlfriend last year, sending her to the hospital for 40 stitches. He and his girlfriend claim it was an accident. One expert believes, based on the 6 hours of closing arguments, that both sides know they don't have an open-and-shut case.

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Not guilty.
Watch, you'll see.

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Not guilty on the felonies, guilty of lesser misdemeanors. This way everybody loses: he gets "punished" and he gets to keep his Senate seat.

He's walkin' unfortunately. I've been wrong before.

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The woman will be in the ER sooner than later.

yep, he will be found not guily. His lawyer sank to such low depths and even blamed the victim and how Monseratte "rescued" her to the hospital.

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just in: State Sen. Hiram Monserrate not guilty of felonies, convicted of misdemeanor assault

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