REDUCED | VEHICULAR AGGRAVATED ASSAULT REDUCED to disorderly conduct with 30 days in jail – State v. Mr. B. (DMC No. 4729) (Maricopa County Superior Court CR2004-040639): Mr. B. was accused of getting into an argument with a bicyclist.  He was seen driving on the sidewalk with his minivan in an attempt to run down the bicyclist.  He was subsequently arrested and charged with vehicle aggravated assault and faced a minimum 5 to 15 years in prison.  We presented evidence that Mr. B. was never within 10 feet of the alleged victim.  Because of this, we secured an offer to a disorderly conduct.  At sentencing, the judge could have gone up as high as 1 year in jail, but instead he only gave Mr. P. 30 days in jail.

REDUCED | VEHICULAR AGGRAVATED ASSAULT REDUCED to DISORDERLY CONDUCT with probation and zero jail – State v. Mr. G. (DMC No. 5314) (Maricopa County Superior City CR2004-038201): Mr. G. got into an argument with a neighbor down the street.  They have prior problems and the neighbor threw a metal wrench at Mr. G.’s car and chipped his paint.  Mr. G. got in his truck in an attempted to run down the neighbor in his vehicle.  Due to the fact that Mr. G. did not strike the neighbor, we were able to convince the prosecutor to reduce the VEHICULAR AGGRAVATED ASSAULT dangerous charge (which carried a mandatory 5 to 15 years in prison) down to a disorderly conduct class 6 “open” with no jail.  After probation was complete, the charge became a misdemeanor and no felony was on Mr. G.’s record.