Congratulations to Jason Mitchell on another Jury Trial Win!

Mr. Mitchell’s client was accused of Attempted Assault 4 and Harassment.  The maximum jail sentence was one year if convicted of both.  This case was eligible for the deferred sentencing program – but that option would require domestic violence treatment (and other obligations).  So, they went to trial.  At the trial, Mr. Mitchell stressed to the jury that his client’s actions might have been rude and regrettable but that he never intended to injure the alleged victim.  To the judge Mr. Mitchell argued that the prosecutor failed to establish a ‘domestic’ relationship between the two people.  Mr. Mitchell won both arguments!  The jury found his client Not Guilty on the Attempted Assault charge and the Judge ruled that there was not sufficient evidence that there was a domestic relationship.  In the end, Mr. Mitchell’s client avoided the conviction for the Attempted Assault, avoided any jail time, avoided having to do any domestic violence treatment, and only received one year of bench probation for the harassment.  This means that all he needs to do is not commit any other crime in the next year, pay a small fine, and he will be eligible to have the Harassment charge expunged.