A Wayne County jury had acquitted Mitch's client of armed robbery the day before but continued deliberating that day and into the next day until they found Mitch's client not guilty of assault with intent to murder and assault with intent to commit great bodily harm less than murder on the morning of December 12, 2013. The winning defense theory was self defense. If convicted of assault with intent to murder, Mitch's client was facing life in prison, and if convicted of assault with intent to commit great bodily harm less than murder, Mitch's client faced up to 15 years in prison. The Wayne County Prosecutor's best offer before trial was a sentence agreement of a minimum sentence of 24 1/2 years in prison.