Levi Freeman-Quay, who was found guilty of drunkenly assaulting a man in Civic three years ago, has had his conviction set aside.
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Freeman-Quay, 28, was accused of landing a single punch on Matt Pridham during a Bunda Street scuffle about 1.30am one day in 2013.
Mr Pridham fell and hit his head on the concrete.
He spent weeks in hospital after the drunken brawl, while doctors tried to ease the swelling around his brain, and he spent months re-learning how to write, read and eat.
Chief Justice Helen Murrell had convicted Freeman-Quay of recklessly inflicting bodily harm and sentenced him to two years imprisonment.
But in a decision delivered by Justice John Burns on Tuesday, the ACT Supreme Court of Appeal set aside the earlier conviction.
Freeman-Quay had also appealed a sentence on a charge of inflicting actual bodily harm on another man, stemming from the same incident.
This appeal was dismissed on Tuesday. Freeman-Quay is liable to serve the sentence of six months in prison for the second assault, less the two months and 21 days already served.
Corrections officers led Freeman-Quay away in handcuffs.
He will be released in December.
