The consultation would still be confidential. The emails you plan to send may go unanswered, though, because the attorney may not be willing to...

You aren’t in charge of dropping or reducing charges— the prosecutor is. The prosecutor will consider all of the aspects of the case and will...

While your sister can change her mind about “pressing charges”, that doesn’t necessarily stop the DA’s office from prosecuting your case. All that...

The question you’re asking is incredibly complex and has so many considerations, it’s impossible to flesh out on a simple Q&A forum. There’s a...

It sounds like they’re prosecuting the case. Petty theft (in an amount less than $100) is a Class C misdemeanor. If you don’t want it showing up on...

Texas’s Shopkeeper’s Privilege allows a merchant to briefly search and detain individuals suspected of shoplifting. This isn’t, absent other facts,...

Technically they could seek to prosecute you for solicitation and they could issue a warrant at some point in the future. However, it appears that...

That means that the judge is revoking her deferred adjudication and is moving forward with convicting her of the crime she originally received...

Outright dismissal isn’t appropriate or possible for every case. That said, if your court-appointed attorney isn’t putting in the effort you would...

Contact a criminal defense attorney ASAP— most of us offer free consultations. Do not respond to the detective.