REDUCED | FELONY AGGRAVATED ASSAULT with a DEADLY WEAPON REDUCED to a MISDEMEANOR with ZERO DAYS JAIL – State v. Mr. J. (DMC No. 5658) (Maricopa County Juvenile Court JV540548): Mr. J. had been being verbally bullied by another high school student. He eventually tracked down the other student and had landscape stakes in his hand, when he began swinging them at the other student and they engaged in a fight. Because he had the two metal stakes in his hand, these were considered to be “dangerous weapons”. We were able to keep the case down to the Juvenile Court level (thereby preventing Mr. J. facing 5 to 15 years in prison), and we ultimately secured a misdemeanor offer with zero days in jail.
