{"id":1692,"date":"2022-02-23T11:54:30","date_gmt":"2022-02-23T15:54:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.baronedefensefirm.com\/blog\/?p=1692"},"modified":"2022-02-23T11:54:30","modified_gmt":"2022-02-23T15:54:30","slug":"gun-and-assault-felonies-reduced-to-misdemeanors-with-no-jail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.baronedefensefirm.com\/blog\/gun-and-assault-felonies-reduced-to-misdemeanors-with-no-jail\/","title":{"rendered":"Gun and Assault Felonies Reduced to Misdemeanors with No Jail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Barone Defense Firm Partner Michael Boyle recently obtained a great result for a client charged with several gun and assault crimes. But that wasn&#8217;t the end of the story. It was only the beginning.<\/p>\n<h3>A Judge told my client he\u2019s lucky. Is he right?<\/h3>\n<p>Imagine you are charged with a combination of three felony gun and assault crimes. Next imagine that if you\u2019re convicted of these crimes, you\u2019re facing a possible total sentence of 8 years in prison. And on top of that, you could also end up having to pay several thousand dollars in fines and costs. Now, imagine that after facing all that, you end up with two misdemeanors, no jail time and a small fine. Sound good? The Judge presiding over the case thought so. He told our client he was \u201clucky\u201d to have gotten such a great deal. But was it luck, or was it the result of hard work and good lawyering?<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baronedefensefirm.com\/blog\/gun-and-assault-felonies-reduced-to-misdemeanors-with-no-jail\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Gun and Assault Felonies Reduced to Misdemeanors with No Jail\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barone Defense Firm Partner Michael Boyle recently obtained a great result for a client charged with several gun and assault crimes. But that wasn&#8217;t the end of the story. It was only the beginning. A Judge told my client he\u2019s lucky. Is he right? Imagine you are charged with a combination of three felony gun [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,38,26,24,9,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1692","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-criminal-evidence","category-ethics","category-felony-offenses","category-firm-news","category-law-enforcement","category-psychodrama"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Gun and Assault Felonies Reduced to Misdemeanors with No Jail &#8212; Michigan Criminal Defense Lawyer Blog &#8212; February 23, 2022<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Barone Defense Firm Partner Michael Boyle recently obtained a great result for a client charged with several gun and assault crimes. 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