That's possible, yes. If someone was acting completely, absolutely bonkers then I think there's a decent chance...maybe...if there were witnesses. Anything ot

That's possible, yes. If someone was acting completely, absolutely bonkers then I think there's a decent chance...maybe...if there were witnesses. Anything other than that, I'm pretty confident the DA will "let the court figure it out" and charge me regardless because a case could be made. And that's really the brass tacks of it. That's their job - make a case for criminality. If a reasonable case can be made and they think they can win, they'll pretty much make the case every time. It's what they get paid to do. No extra inconvenience for them. It's the person being charged who has their life totally interrupted and thrown into a tornado. Many times justifiably. But not always.