Charges: Disorderly Conduct – Misdemeanor
Resolution:
Plea to a petty misdemeanor sentence, which is a non-crime record. The client was alleged to yell a racial slur at a teenager in a high school parking lot. While he denied it, there was an additional, independent witness that corroborated the story. Add in some hostile alleged conduct and the State was pushing for a misdemeanor conviction and community work service. After fighting and leveraging a possible trial, the North Star team was able to negotiate a non-crime outcome for the client that wanted to avoid creating his first criminal conviction record.