Vindictive ex-girlfriend had me charged with felony assault for defending myself. What do I do?

This is where I should have just left. This is where things had already gone so sideways that I should have just taken the loss and went home. Well, again...I'm am idiot. I put her in a headlock and and told her to stop. In my mind, this was a good idea. It would make her calm down, right? Wrong. In her mind, this was my attempt to kill her. She screamed "help" louder than I have ever heard anyone scream in my life...and wouldn't stop.

I believe this might be the passage they are referring to.

If you are unhappy with your representation you can contact other criminal defense attorneys and ask if they can do better than no jail/probation/possible expungement.

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