PARTIAL ACQUITTAL at BENCH TRIAL | 2 COUNTS FELONY AGGRAVATED ASSAULT on Police Officer – State v. Ms. H. (DMC No. 5092) (Maricopa County Superior Court CR2004-041976): Ms. H. had received news from her bi-polar son that he was going to commit suicide. She flew to Arizona and contacted officers to do a “welfare check” at his hotel. When officers arrived with Ms. H., they gave commands to her son and drew their weapons. Ms. H. became concerned, and jumped on the officers backs and yelled at them “don’t shoot, don’t shoot”. Both Ms. H. and her son were arrested. Ms. H. was charged with 2 counts of aggravated assault on police officers, along with 2 misdemeanor assault counts. At trial, we convinced the Judge to find her not guilty of the 2 felony counts.
