RICO/ILLEGAL CONTROL of an ENTERPRISE; MONEY LAUNDERING, CONSPIRACY, MISCONDUCT INVOLVING WEAPONS, USE of an ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION DEVICE in a DRUG TRANSACTION, POSSESSION of MARIJUANA for SALE and POSSESSION of DRUG PARAPHERNALIA: ALL REDUCED to MISDEMEANOR HINDERING a PROSECUTION and MISDEMEANOR USE of a WIRE DEVICE to HINDER PROSECUTION with PROBATION and 8 DAYS in JAIL – State v. Ms. N (DMC No. 8333) (Maricopa County Superior Court CR 2007-007124): Ms. A. lived in a house that was occupied at various times by 7 other co-defendants. She owned the house, and inside of this house there was a large amount of Marijuana and guns. Police obtained a warrant in which they Wire Tapped all of the co-defendants, and then showed up with a physical search warrant. The Police recorded some co-defendants asking Ms. N to “lie to the Police” about who actually was using the residence. Ultimately, a 24 Count Indictment was issued by a Grand Jury Indicting all 7 co-defendants. We were able to demonstrate to the Prosecution that Ms. N. was the least culpable of all of the co-defendants. We eventually secured an offer 2 Misdemeanors which included Probation and 4 weekends of Jail. Originally, Ms. N. had been facing the prospect of over 10 years in Prison.