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Deferred Adjudication Means It 'Goes Away'... Right?
From an email: If you have the time, and don't mind, may I have your perspective on Article 42.12 - the specified portion: ---------------------------- If the judge discharges the defendant under this section, the judge may set aside the verdict...
Jail Time Instead of Probation For Possession of Marijuana
I have a specific question regarding a recent arrest in [XXX] Texas. My boyfriend was arrested for possession of marijuana (less than two grams) during a traffic stop - he had recently had body work done on his car...
Multiple Public Intoxication Charges and Expunction Questions
Question (from an email): I have a situation that I need your help with if you don't mind. Here it is: I have three public intoxication charges in the past nine years. Got my first one at 21 and my...
Deferred Adjudication & Job Applications
Question: 14 years ago I received a deferred adjudication for a misdemeanor. Upon completion of my one year deferred adjudication, the case was disposed/dismissed. Because I did deferred adjudication, this means I do not have a conviction on my record....
Deferred Prosecution in Austin Texas
Deferred Prosecution Agreements are different than both deferred adjudications, and deferred dispositions. The latter two are covered by statute. Deferred Prosecution, however, is not. Deferred Prosecutions are basically informal agreements between the defense lawyer, the defendant, and the prosecutor to...
Deferred Disposition vs. Deferred Adjudication in Texas
There’s a lot of confusion about the terms “deferred disposition” and “deferred adjudication” in Texas. Deferred adjudication is a type of actual probation, for a Class B misdemeanor or higher charge, where the judge says (in legalese), “Based on your...
Do You Usually Have To Go To Jail For a First Time Misdemeanor in Texas?
I suppose I can really only to speak to criminal defense in and around Austin, but the general answer to this question is going to be “No”. We need to dig a little deeper though. Assuming, as the question does,...
How Long Does a Texas Deferred Adjudication Stay On Your Record?
The answer: forever, if you don’t affirmatively do anything about it. One of my new found pleasures in starting this blog is that I am starting to get emails from folks who find the site on the internet, and email...
Continuing what may become a new regular blog feature, I am going to answer some questions I see “posed” by various internet searches that have found this blog (and still remained somewhat unanswered by the pages the searches brought up):...
Travis County Drug Court (S.H.O.R.T.)
For those charged in Austin with a Felony level offense possession of a controlled substance, there is often the opportunity to stay out of district court, and to have the case dismissed, if you qualify for and complete the Travis...
