State v. Ms. L. (DMC No. 11667)

Not Guilty / Complete Acquittal / Felony Aggravated Assault (2 Counts) – State v. Ms. L. (DMC No. 11667) (Maricopa County Superior Court No. CR2013-102278-001):

Ms. L. had called 911 due to a domestic violence dispute in her home in Mesa, Arizona where her roommate had assaulted her.  Two Mesa Police Officers arrived and eventually claimed that Ms. L. assaulted them.  One officer claimed that Ms. L. pushed him, and the other claimed that Ms. L. spit on him.  Knowingly touching a police officer with the intent to insult, injure, or provoke him/her is a Felony Aggravated Assault.  The entire incident was captured on video from a mounted camera on one of the officer’s shoulders.  After jury trial in which the attorney from our firm showed through testimony of various witnesses that the police officers lied both in their police reports and on the witness stand Ms. L. was found not guilty on both charges by the jury of her peers.