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Man Bites off Victim?s Nose in Fight Convicted of Aggravated Burglary and Aggravated Battery California Penal Code Sections 243 and 459

By Walin & Klarich

KOAT recently reported that Joey Maes was convicted of one count of aggravated burglary and one count of aggravated battery for biting off a man's nose. The charges stem from an incident when Maes was asked to leave a party he had been attending. Maes returned soon after leaving, kicked in the front door of the home, ran into the kitchen, grabbed a knife and began threatening the occupants. When one man tried to take control of Maes' knife, Maes bit the end of the man's nose off. At his sentencing hearing, Maes was ordered to serve 10 years in a New Mexico State Penitentiary. While in most states battery is a misdemeanor, aggravated battery is a felony. Aggravated battery is the act of beating and using intense force against somebody with serious consequences...continue to full post

Full post as published by Southern California Criminal Defense Blog on June 21, 2010 (boomark / email).