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A Closed-Door Vote Decides Whether a Felony Case Moves Toward Trial If you’ve been charged with a felony in Texas, prosecutors need to follow a precise set of rules. And one of the first steps involves obtaining approval from a grand jury before they can take your case to trial. During a grand jury, ordinary...

Refusing a DWI Test Can Trigger a Separate License Case A driver in Texas pulled over near Conroe may only have a few moments to decide whether to provide a breath or blood specimen after a DWI arrest. Saying no might feel like the safest option in the moment, but refusing a requested specimen can...

Texas Online Solicitation Charges Turn on the Request to Meet An accusation of online solicitation of a minor can grow out of a text thread, direct messages, or another online conversation. But Texas law doesn't make every inappropriate or sexually charged conversation a solicitation offense. The exact words used, the request made, and the intent...

Texas Criminal Mischief Charges Can Turn On The Value Of The Damage A criminal mischief charge can start with something that sounds minor. A broken fence, a keyed car door, a smashed mailbox, or damage from an argument can turn into a criminal case within days. In Texas, the difference between a fine-only misdemeanor and...

What Conroe and Montgomery County Residents Need to Know When a Protective Order Is Filed Against Them A criminal protective order in Texas doesn't wait for a conviction. It can be issued at the beginning of a criminal case, sometimes within hours of an arrest, and it can restrict where you live, who you can...

Pretrial Diversion Can Help Some Texans Avoid A Criminal Conviction Getting arrested does not always mean a conviction is inevitable. In some Texas cases, there may be an opportunity to avoid a criminal conviction altogether through a program called pretrial diversion. For many people, especially first-time offenders, it can be one of the most important...

Why You Can Be Charged Without Drugs Being Found on You There's a moment that catches a lot of people completely off guard. The police pull over a car, run a search, and find drugs hidden under the back seat. Nobody claims ownership. But one person, or maybe all three passengers, walks away in handcuffs....

It's jarring to live through a single incident, only to see that moment broken into five or six different criminal counts on a charging document. You remember one argument, one traffic stop, one confrontation, but the paperwork reads like a list. It can feel like the system is piling on, and you're being punished multiple...

What Texas Penal Code 33.07 Covers And How A Texas Criminal Defense Lawyer Defends It Online impersonation charges can land hard, especially when you feel like you're being judged before anyone has looked closely at what actually happened. A screenshot, an angry complaint, or a “this came from your account” allegation can put your job,...

Texas has always had a big reputation for being “tough on crime.” But with the state’s new bail rules, it's starting to look “tough on time” too, especially time spent in jail before a guilty verdict. People in Harris County are already seeing how these changes play out in real life. More defendants are being...