Attorney Kristine Padrique Brown's Legal Cases

Sex crime

State of Texas v. ________ (Bexar County, Texas - 2025)

Feb 05, 2026

OUTCOME: All charges dropped (Two Counts of Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child and One Count of Indecency with a Child by Sexual Contact)

Two counts of Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child and one count of Indecency with a Child by Sexual Contact. Thoroughly reviewed recorded interviews, criminal and Child Protective Services (CPS) histo ... ries, and text messages related to individuals involved in the investigation of this case. Key issues included questionable credibility of outcry witnesses and coaching.

Sex crime

State of Texas v. ________ (Bexar County, Texas - 2025)

Aug 08, 2025

OUTCOME: Not Guilty (Two Counts of Sexual Assault)

5-day jury trial resulted in acquittals ("Not Guilty"s) with regard to two counts of sexual assault. Chief issue in dispute concerned consent. Jury deliberated for approximately 4.5 hours before reachi ... ng these verdicts.

Criminal defense

State of Texas v. ________ (Bexar County, Texas - 2024)

Sep 13, 2024

OUTCOME: Case dismissed (Aggravated Robbery)

Aggravated Robbery. Surrounding circumstances distracted focus from whether the charged offense was actually committed. Involved close attention to detail when analyzing the State's evidence, as well a ... s presenting exculpatory evidence when advocating for the case's dismissal.

Criminal defense

State of Texas v. ________ (Bexar County, Texas - 2024)

Aug 28, 2024

OUTCOME: Case dropped before indictment (Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon)

Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon. Case posed an active danger towards professional licensure, among other areas. Ensured that case was resolved to where work and schooling could continue, uninte ... rrupted.

Criminal defense

State of Texas v. ________ (Bexar County, Texas - 2024)

Jul 05, 2024

OUTCOME: Cases rejected as State decided not to present them to a grand jury for indictment (Sexual Assault and Attempted Sexual Assault)

Attempted Sexual Assault and Sexual Assault. As one can imagine, these allegations (even at the preliminary stage) brought devastating consequences to client’s personal and professional life. Client ha ... d not been arrested, but was under investigation. Presented evidence (unsolicited messages sent by one of the accusers to client, as well as social media posts calling into question the real cause of certain injuries) to State, which I contacted routinely over 4 months.

Criminal defense

State of Texas v. ________ (Bexar County, Texas - 2023)

Feb 09, 2024

OUTCOME: Case dropped before indictment (Unauthorized Use of a Vehicle)

Unauthorized Use of Vehicle. As a medical school student, client could not enter any sort of plea agreement for a crime of moral turpitude (under Texas state law) without devastating consequences to th ... eir academic and career goals. Presented detailed case assessment to prosecution to show that client was not operating a motor vehicle without the effective consent of a former romantic partner. The former partner was preoccupied with payments being made on the car in question and expected client to make these payments.

Immigration

N-336 (Appeal of Naturalization Denial)

Jan 11, 2024

OUTCOME: Denial reversed and naturalization application (N-400) was approved.

Case involved denial of naturalization application, which was administratively appealed by filing Form N-336. Argued that in the context of federal immigration law, certain criminal offenses are not cr ... imes involving moral turpitude (CIMTs) and should not prevent establishment of good moral character (GMC) required for naturalization. Original decision to deny was reversed, and USCIS approved the original naturalization application (N-400).

Criminal defense

State of Texas v. ________ (Bexar County, Texas - 2023)

Oct 05, 2023

OUTCOME: Case dismissed 12 days after arrest (Assault Bodily Injury - Married/Cohab)

Assault Bodily Injury - Married/Cohab. Law enforcement's investigation did not involve adequate interviewing of all people involved. Arresting officer made his decision to handcuff client without askin ... g them even one question about what might have led to a 911 call reporting a disturbance.

Criminal defense

State of Texas v. ________ (Bexar County, Texas - 2023)

Sep 29, 2023

OUTCOME: Both cases dropped before indictment due to insufficient evidence (Violation of Bond/Protective Order by Assault and Assault - Family Member - Second Offense)

Violation of Bond/Protective Order by Assault and Assault - Family Member - Second Offense. Involved discussion of the complaining witness's questionable credibility and repeated, harassing communicati ... ons to client.

Domestic violence

State of Texas for the Protection of v. (Bexar County, Texas - 2023)

Jun 22, 2023

OUTCOME: Protective order application nonsuited (dropped) by State 1 month after filing date.

This was one of two protective order proceedings in which I represented the same Respondent. Applicant was a complaining witness in Respondent's terroristic threat case, which was dismissed on the date ... of arraignment for insufficient evidence. Applicant's affidavit alleged sexual assault and asserted that Applicant was party to an apartment lease. Applicant's affidavit contained an admission as to motive where Applicant stated that a protective order was needed to be removed from the lease. Applicant appears nowhere in the actual lease, either as a party or occupant. The lease, among other evidence, called Applicant's credibility into question and the State dropped the case.

Kristine Padrique Brown's Legal Cases (16)

State of Texas v. ________ (Bexar County, Texas - 2025)

State of Texas v. ________ (Bexar County, Texas - 2025)

State of Texas v. ________ (Bexar County, Texas - 2024)

State of Texas v. ________ (Bexar County, Texas - 2024)

State of Texas v. ________ (Bexar County, Texas - 2024)

State of Texas v. ________ (Bexar County, Texas - 2023)

N-336 (Appeal of Naturalization Denial)

State of Texas v. ________ (Bexar County, Texas - 2023)

State of Texas v. ________ (Bexar County, Texas - 2023)

State of Texas for the Protection of ________ v. ________ (Bexar County, Texas - 2023)

State of Texas for the Protection of v. (Bexar County, Texas - 2023)