Commonwealth v. Morasse

Agnes, A. J.

The defendant, Eric Morasse, is charged in a series of indictments with assault with intent to maim, assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon, assault by means of a dangerous weapon, and assault and battery arising out of an incident *116which occurred on May 13, 1999 in which the defendant is alleged to have struck and injured a number of people including the infliction of a severe cut to his girlfriend’s arm with a Samurai sword during an alcohol-induced blackout. The defendant has been under various forms of pretrial probation supervision since January 1999. The parties…