The criminal case against state Senator Hiram Monserrate came to an end Friday as the Queens Democrat avoided jail for unintentionally injuring his girlfriend during a fight in his apartment.

But the freshman lawmaker’s political future remained in doubt, as the judge presiding over his bench trial granted a special Senate committee investigating Mr. Monserrate’s conduct access to grand jury testimony and other evidence not presented at trial.

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