Can they reopen an old case due to use as a form of leverage for a new case?
Biting would be a misdemeanor assault and can only be prosecuted if formal charges are filed within two years of the date of the incident. Choking...
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Biting would be a misdemeanor assault and can only be prosecuted if formal charges are filed within two years of the date of the incident. Choking...
Nobody on Avvo can do anything but guess. Call the prosecutor's office and ask if you can help them convict the guy.
The only way you can become eligible for an expunction is if your case is pardoned by the Governor of Texas. Applications for executive clemency...
Sounds more like the offense of Criminal Trespass to me. Your criminal defense attorney can review the accusations and explain why they've charged...
It may be unpleasant but it beats the alternative, which is staying in jail. Perhaps the judge believes that you are more likely to show up for...
Your attorney is probably trying to determine if the officer(s) broke any rules that could make their testimony or other evidence inadmissible......
Probably it is the fifth unindicted designation setting... basically a status check appearance that happens every so often until the prosecution...
For the old charge, if you are on regular probation it could be revoked and you could be locked up to serve the sentence. If you were on deferred...
Hire a local criminal defense attorney. Ask the attorney to get you into a diversion or deferral program that will qualify you to eventually file...
All you can do is report it to law enforcement and cooperate with any their investigation. If they decide they have enough evidence, they will ask...