Ryan’s client was accused of Second Degree Assault for pulling a handgun and pointing it at another individual he was in a dispute with, a criminal charge that carried not only a felony conviction but a presumptive commitment to prison. After extensive pretrial motions and the assertion of self-defense, the prosecutor offered a Stay of Adjudication, meaning the Judge didn’t accept the plea and his client was not convicted of the crime. He served no prison time, no local jail time, no electronic home monitoring, and no community service, and his record remained clean. Had the client been convicted, he would have served many years in prison.