REDUCED | DISORDERLY CONDUCT with a GUN (dangerous) REDUCED to a MISDEMEANOR with PROBATION and ZERO DAYS in JAIL – State v. Mr. N. (DMC No. 6549) (Maricopa County Superior Court CR2006-116296): Mr. N. got into an altercation with another vehicle. As he passed the other vehicle, the other driver yelled out profanities. Mr. N. then exchanged verbal profanities and drove off. While this all occurred, Mr. N. had his cell phone in a black case in his hand. The other driver called in and said that Mr. N. had displayed a weapon. When police contacted Mr. N. at his house, they arrested him for “Disorderly Conduct” (Dangerous) with a gun because he did own a gun-there was a clip (not a gun) in his glove box of his car. We were able to show the Prosecutor it was there because he had gone shooting several weeks prior, and that the other driver was mistaken about the cell phone/gun. Eventually, the Prosecutor agreed to reduce the charge to a simple misdemeanor for “Disorderly Conduct” involving the verbal exchange, and reduced it to probation with zero day’s jail. Originally Mr. N. was facing 1 ½ to 3 years of prison.
