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My question involves criminal law for the state of: Arizona

Important facts:
1. The investigating police officer did not obtain any witness statements from the other passengers on the bus.
2. I do not have any recollection either during or after of the above incident.
3. My public defender has been able to reduce the aggravated assault (felony) to assault (felony) with 1-yr and 8-mos prison. I have 20-days to accept.
4. I believe the police should have assessed and realized my physical and mental condition first interaction with me and left me alone.

Should I accept the State's plea offer? What would you do?

Thanks
1. Police do not need to obtain any witness info.
2. If you were too drunk to remember, thats your fault.
3. Sounds like you PD tried to get the charges reduced as far as possible.
4. The police are not doctors, paramedics, psychiatrists or other medical professionals and have no duty to evaluate your medical condition beyond determinining if you need immediate medical assistance. They do have a duty to enforce the law, which you were violating by being intoxicated in a public space. Once you resisted arrest and struck the officer you then escalated the problem on your own. If you are trying to claim that due to your intoxication you aren't responsible for your actions while intoxicated you're sh** out of luck. For starters, unlike diabetes, epilepsy, siezures, etc, being intoxicated is something that you did to yourself. Secondly, you were able to resist arrest and assault a police officer which indicates that you were not so intoxicated as to have no physical control of your motions.

Accept the deal if you think it is in your best interest. Go to court if you think for some odd reason that you can beat the charge. Hint: Judges don't like the "I never would have done that if I hadn't been so drunk and the officer hadn't been doing her job" defense.