You can request dismissal or deferred adjudication, and the judge may be willing to grant it. Or they may not. It helps that you have a valid car...

Criminal charges are certainly on the table. The probation is liable to be revoked, as well. Criminal charges are different from CPS’s actions...

You cannot have the charges dropped because it was the DA’s office who filed them. The prosecutor on the case has full discretion on whether to...

If you haven’t been subpoenaed, then your attendance in a courtroom is voluntary. Ask your husband whether he would prefer if you went to his...

Yes, someone can inform law enforcement about the statutory rape and the prosecutor’s office in your jurisdiction could still elect to prosecute...

The State can pursue charges even if the alleged victim doesn’t want to press charges. It doesn’t matter whether your ex wants to see you get in...

Testimony IS evidence. Sex crime convictions come from testimony— and no other evidence— regularly. Convincing testimony from (alleged) victims...

You can contact the DA’s office and let them know that you would like to see them pursue the case/additional charges. The prosecutor has sole...

Violating a protective order is a misdemeanor crime (usually Class A), as is violation of a bond condition. So, your roommate was arrested and is...

Viagra isn’t a controlled substance and (as far as I know) it doesn’t cause false positives on drug tests, so there should be no legal issue with...