Bynes v. State

This was a case of belligerent pillow talk run amok. After seven or eight years of presumptive tranquility, which produced two children, a garden variety domestic dispute between the appellant, Donovan Bynes, and the mother of his children, Ruth Chavez, spun hopelessly out of control. In the Circuit Court for Prince George's County, a jury, presided over by Judge Sean D. Wallace, convicted the appellant of an assault in the second degree on Ms. Chavez at their pre-marital apartment at 11246 Evans Trail on July 31, 2016. The couple had been living together, with their children, at that…