Monserrate To Receive Bench Trial

[brooklynite]

from NY 1:

A judge will decide State Senator Hiram Monserrate's fate.

The 42-year-old Queens state senator was in court today, where it was decided a jury would not be seated at his assault trial. Instead, a judge alone will hear the case.

Monserrate was arrested in December after prosecutors say he slashed his girlfriend Karla Giraldo in the face with a piece of broken glass.

They both claimed the incident was an accident, but a judge denied a motion to dismiss the case.