11.   Police said that Taylor had served time in Illinois and California for robbery and that Robison had a felony assault conviction in Pennsylvania.

12.   Pierce County officials quickly acted to void the deferred sentences on his two previous assault convictions.

13.   Tendy feared his case would be badly weakened without mention of the assault convictions, particularly since Mrs. Pyne had never pressed charges against her husband.

14.   The prosecutor added that it would have been difficult to win assault convictions because statements made by the women or witnesses indicated some level of consent by the women.

15.   Turner, a math and science teacher who is appealing the assault conviction in Superior Court in Newark, also declined comment.

16.   Typically, the assault conviction by itself would have merited parole by now, they noted.

17.   A first-time offender could receive jail time on an assault conviction, however Canadian judges have discretion in such sentences.

18.   A French appeals court Tuesday upheld an assault conviction of far-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen, banning him from politics for a year.

19.   Although both crimes are misdemeanors, the assault conviction does not force him to be registered as a sex offender.

20.   An evidentiary hearing is still to be scheduled to determine whether Harding violated probation following her assault conviction two years ago.