Melissa Rae Dickson

Melissa was my court appointed attorney for my felony cases in 2017 and 2018 during my time of incarceration. At the time I had 2 felony charges 1) drug possession <1g, state jail felony and 2) Agg. Assault Family Member 2nd Degree felony that I was on deferred adjudication probation. I violated my ...probation with a DWI and spent 6 months fighting these. On our first visit the judge at the time was offering me a 2 year TDC (Prison sentence) and I was absolutely floored to hear this as I have never been to prison. I was lost for words and it seemed to be the fate of what was to come. When on deferred adjudication probation and you violate it you've already entered a guilty plea and it seemed to be a dead end and no way of getting around it but Melissa found a way. She went back and talked with the DA on the same visit in Harris County and found something that could possibly get my Aggravated Assault charged dropped down to a misdemeanor. Note that I had already entered a guilty plea on the AGG ASSAULT. From what I was told its hard to get a judge to downgrade a charge from 2nd degree felony to a MISDEMEANOR when you were on deferred and pled guilty already. She came back with this and I saw a beam of hope in front of me. I waited for the next court date anticipating a positive outcome and my GOD it was. Melissa got my AGG ASSAULT down to a misdemeanor ASSAULT and time served for the FELONY Drug possession and the misdemeanor assault. I walked out of county jail the next day after spending 6 months in and avoided TDC prison time. Those 2 cases were time served and done with. No probation, no prison time, no fees to pay and free!!! Also, after being out I still had to deal with the MISDEMEANOR DWI case. I hired Melissa and she got me time served for it and surcharges waived. BEST COURT APPOINTED ATTORNEY I COULD HAVE EVER HAD!!!

Melissa was very thorough in handling my case. Every time I contacted her she got right back with me. She explained to me what needed to be done to take care of my pending case. With her help I was able to get an extension to allow me time to pay my court fees. I’m very happy with the outcome and wou...ld recommend her highly.