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Renick Law Firm, PLLC

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  • Serving Port Neches, TX and Jefferson County, Texas

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  • At RENICK LAW FIRM, PLLC, we offer experienced legal assistance when you need it most. Our firm focuses on personal injury, insurance disputes and criminal law. Situations that... Read More

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Scott Oren Renick
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Bond is 2,500 how much time without paying bond?

Tristan Nicolas Legrande
Answered by attorney Tristan Nicolas Legrande
Criminal Law lawyer at LeGrande Law
Assault family violence is a class A misdemeanor. It is punishable by up to 1 yr in county jail, and a fine not to exceed $4,000.  Getting convicted of a family violence offense will have lifelong consequences. A conviction (or even guilty plea and deferred adjudication probation with no conviction) means you lose the right to purchase a firearm with a federal background check, and it is illegal for you to possess a firearm anywhere for 5 yrs following release from jail, pr probation. People that claim they have been assaulted do not "press charges." Thats what the district attorney does. The DA will have the final say on if the state presses charges or dismisses them - wheb someone says "they didn't press charges," it confuses how the system work. If they think they can prove the case, it does not matter if the victim wants them to, they can proceed. The range of punishment is the same, whether he pays the bond or not.  The only difference is waiting in jail until a trial or plea.  
Assault family violence is a class A misdemeanor. It is punishable by up to 1 yr in county jail, and a fine not to exceed $4,000.  Getting convicted of a family violence offense will have lifelong consequences. A conviction (or even guilty plea and deferred adjudication probation with no conviction) means you lose the right to purchase a firearm with a federal background check, and it is illegal for you to possess a firearm anywhere for 5 yrs following release from jail, pr probation. People that claim they have been assaulted do not "press charges." Thats what the district attorney does. The DA will have the final say on if the state presses charges or dismisses them - wheb someone says "they didn't press charges," it confuses how the system work. If they think they can prove the case, it does not matter if the victim wants them to, they can proceed. The range of punishment is the same, whether he pays the bond or not.  The only difference is waiting in jail until a trial or plea.  
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Can the da make a defendant go to trial?

Anthony S. Simpson
Answered by attorney Anthony S. Simpson (Unclaimed Profile)
Criminal Law lawyer at The Law Offices of Anthony Simpson, Esq.
No, a DA cannot make a defendant go to trial.  However, if the DA has not given you an offer the only way to avoid trial is to enter an "open" plea of  guilty or no contest to the charge or charges.  This means you would be exposed to the maximum sentence without any sort of cap on your punishment.  The DA would be free to ask for the maximum in that case.  You and your attorney would be able to ask for less, of course.  You should speak to your attorney about all of your options, even if the DA does not want to make an offer.  
No, a DA cannot make a defendant go to trial.  However, if the DA has not given you an offer the only way to avoid trial is to enter an "open" plea of  guilty or no contest to the charge or charges.  This means you would be exposed to the maximum sentence without any sort of cap on your punishment.  The DA would be free to ask for the maximum in that case.  You and your attorney would be able to ask for less, of course.  You should speak to your attorney about all of your options, even if the DA does not want to make an offer.  
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Enter a plea

Richard Keith Oliver
Answered by attorney Richard Keith Oliver (Unclaimed Profile)
Criminal Law lawyer at The Law Office of Rick Oliver
You were never convicted if you successfully completed the deferred disposition. So, if an application (or similar document that asks those type of questions) asks if you've been "convicted," you can truthfully answer "No." However, if the question asks if you've ever been cited for or arrested for or entered a plea to any offense other than a traffic offense, you'd have to answer "Yes."  If these were Class C citations, however, you can have the arrest records expunged. Once the arrest records are properly expunged, you will be able to legally deny that you were ever issued citations for those offenses.  Feel free to call me if you would like to discuss the process.
You were never convicted if you successfully completed the deferred disposition. So, if an application (or similar document that asks those type of questions) asks if you've been "convicted," you can truthfully answer "No." However, if the question asks if you've ever been cited for or arrested for or entered a plea to any offense other than a traffic offense, you'd have to answer "Yes."  If these were Class C citations, however, you can have the arrest records expunged. Once the arrest records are properly expunged, you will be able to legally deny that you were ever issued citations for those offenses.  Feel free to call me if you would like to discuss the process.
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