17 year-old daughter arrested with two young men for marijuana

Unfortunately, the age at which people are considered an adult for criminal law purposes in Texas is 17. Therefore, your daughter is at risk for...

I got pulled over for "running a red light". The cop did not put down my correct vehicle information. Can it be dismissed?

This brings up the difference between the word "can" and the word "will". The prosecutor "can", meaning is permitted to, dismiss any case he or...

My husband said his warrant probably came from not reporting a couple of times

No way to answer with the limited information given here. This is a question for your husband to discuss with his attorney. The answer will come...

Texas treats most every sort of theft offense as simply theft. This is certainly so for theft by check. That is what "hot checks" are viewed...

Is an arrest and misdemeanor charge on your record immediately?

When an arrest shows up on the Texas and national crime information databases depends on when the agency making the arrest or booking the defendant...

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If yo can not afford an attorney, do you have the right for one to be appointed to you at no charge?

Persons who are indigent are entitled to court appointed laweyrs. However, in Texas a person can be partially indigent, in which case the court is...

Is this too much?

Let's sort this out. A defendant is on a 5 year deferred probation for 3 burglary of habitation offenses and one unauthorized use of a motor...

Does a person have to wait to thier court date to recieve a plea offer in a federal case?

I know of no statute or procedural rule that prohibits the prosecutor from proposing an agreed disposition prior to the first court date.

In Texas , how can one ask for early release from probation? All fines, court cost and restitutions has been paid.

For many kinds of cases, it is possible to ask of probation early. In fact, in many felonies, courts in Texas are by law supposed to review...

As so often happens when a layperson tries to reason out how to approach a legal problem, you have run down a rabbit trail and missed the real...