Monserrate opts not to testify at assault trial
Quick ReadState prosecutor has asserted that Monserrate took his injured girlfriend to Long Island-Jewish Medical Center to "hide or bury" what the state says was an assault.
Photo credit: David Pokress | Hiram Monserrate, right, and his lawyer talk during a break in his assault trial in Queens. (Sept. 30, 2009)
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Sen. Hiram Monserrate assault trial
State Sen. Hiram Monserrate Thursday passed on the chance to testify in his defense at his felony assault trial, and closing arguments in the nonjury trial are expected when proceedings resume Tuesday.
Joseph Tacopina, Monserrate's attorney, had hinted at the possibility that the senator might take the stand. But Thursday afternoon, outside State Supreme Court in Kew Gardens, Tacopina said,...
