41.   The misdemeanor spousal battery charge carries a penalty of up to a year in jail.

42.   The same year, Barkley was acquitted of misdemeanor battery charges brought by a man who said the player broke his nose outside a Milwaukee bar.

43.   They faced misdemeanor battery charges for allegedly pushing anti-abortion protesters while jockeying for spots outside the clinic, Deputy Chief Stephen Cole said.

44.   They faced misdemeanor battery charges.

45.   Welch resigned as president of the Salt Lake Organizing Committee three days before entering his plea to the class B misdemeanor battery charge.

46.   Wizards forward Tyrone Nesby spent the night in jail after being arrested in his locker room on a battery charge that was later dropped.

47.   Actor Charlie Sheen was slapped by prosecutors Friday with a misdemeanor battery charge with serious injury for allegedly attacking his girlfriend in December at his home.

48.   Actor Charlie Sheen was to be arraigned Monday for a misdemeanor battery charge with serious injury for allegedly attacking his girlfriend in December at his home.

49.   Actor Charlie Sheen pleaded innocent Monday to a misdemeanor battery charge with serious injury for allegedly attacking his girlfriend in December at his home.