DISORDERLY CONDUCT with BAT (dangerous) REDUCED to RESISTING ARREST with 9 MONTHS JAIL – State v. Mr. K. (DMC No. 5028) (Maricopa County Superior Court CR2004-127702): Mr. K. was involved in a family argument when he was assaulted by his step son with a baseball bat. Police were called, and Mr. K. had subsequently retrieved the bat. When police arrived, he was distraught and would not put down the bat. Police felt threatened, they used a taser and arrested him. He was facing a disorderly conduct with a deadly weapon against police officers, and faced a minimum of 2.25 years in prison. We were able to have the case reduced to “resisting arrest” with 9 months of jail along with work release.
