Dropping charges communicates to the prosecutors that you hope they will dismiss the charges. However, it is their responsibility to decide...

The defendant's attorney is the person in the best position to guess what the judge will do. The question says it was the "first time" but then...

The US Supreme Court has identified a few exceptions to our First Amendment freedom of speech. Among those exceptions are perjury, child...

It might be assault and theft. It might not be. That would depend on his side of the story.

You could hire a traffic ticket attorney to fight the charge. Running a stop sign is only a class C misdemeanor, so you won't get a...

Simply filing a motion doesn't really do much. The judge must rule on the motion before anything happens. Is there a date set on the docket for...

The name for the type of record sealing you are seeking is an "Order of Nondisclosure" which is possible after filing a Petition for Order of...

You can get your Texas DPS and FBI fingerprint criminal history reports from Identogo for $25 each. This is a chance that both law enforcement...

A class C deferred disposition will become eligible for expunction. There is a cheaper/faster version through the same court where the case was...

It sounds like an accusation of misdemeanor assault to which he has a self-defense justification. If he gives her money to not press charges...