My niece is charged with 21 counts of forgery ranging in amounts of 200.00 to 3,900.00, will she have to serve jail time?

The fact that she paid restitution up front greatly enhances her chances of getting deferred adjudication probation (since apparently guilt is a...

§ 22.04. INJURY TO A CHILD, ELDERLY INDIVIDUAL, OR DISABLED INDIVIDUAL. (a) A person commits an offense if he intentionally, knowingly,...

Generally protective orders do not keep you from seeing each other but only keeps him from going near your home or work, or from threatening or...

Can I get a non- disclosed from a deferred adjudication in 1981. But four years later I received a conviction Misdemea

If your first case was a felony, which means you must have now waited 5 years under the statute to seal your record, then the fact that you picked...

When are police required to investigate a cyber crime?

There are so many "hackings" that the police to do not really investigate unless there is some substantiated "loss". (My computer has been hacked...

Could i join the national guard with one differed misdemeanor of weed possession?

Your case should be able to be sealed. Apply immediately. Even though sealed records are available to law enforcement, etc., this type of offense...

I'm getting charged for assault and my husband told police he did not want to press charges, he wants to press charges now...

Once charges are filed, your husband's opinion about whether prosecution should be presumed has minimal effect - they will go forward with...

I agree in logic with Ms. Wilson's answer. Unfortunately, what is lawful and what happens is not always the same. If the person is bonded out,...

Sadly, the failure to pass polygraphs as recently been held to be admissible. I will say this - if you admit the committing ANY type of violation,...

What does a RIND Disposition stand for?

Not sure. Each county has their own abbreviations. Disposition means the finality of the case. RIND might well mean reindictment.