Charge:
Obstructing the Legal Process, Assaulting a Police Horse, and Disorderly Conduct.
Result:
Negotiated Plea Agreement – All charges continued for dismissal.
Story:
After a Vikings game our out-of-towner Client and his friends walked from the Metrodome to a restaurant in downtown, Minneapolis. A mounted police officer, who positioned himself on a busy sidewalk with high pedestrian traffic, directed his horse in front of Client’s path, causing him to bump into the horse. A nearby police officer saw the incident and immediately tackled, tazed, and arrest our Client – charging him with a number of crimes that were not supported by the facts. Naros Law was able to convince the Prosecutor and Judge that the Client should not plead guilty to the charges, and negotiated a compromise where the Court sentenced our Client under a Continuance for Dismissal. This means that if the Client successfully completes probation and fulfill their sentence without any violation, the charges would be dismissed. This type of sentence allows people without criminal records and who are not likely to re-offend to prove to the Court that they are able to remain law-abiding.