People v. Purpura

OPINION OF THE COURT

Eileen N. Nadelson, J.

Defendant is charged with one count of assault in the third degree, one count of menacing in the third degree, and one count of harassment in the second degree. According to the complaint, defendant and the complaining witness got into an *934altercation at a bar and defendant struck the complaining witness, causing the complaining witness to suffer substantial pain from a laceration and fracture to her nose and to fear further physical injury.

At arraignment, defendant was released on her own recognizance, and the matter was adjourned in order to have the…