Texas Law

Deferred adjudication is a special plea arrangement that allows criminal defendants to avoid the damage of having a conviction to their record. The judge defers entering your guilty plea while placing you under community supervision for a period no longer than 10 years. If you complete this period with no further criminal activity, the judge…

The age at which two people can engage in consensual sexual activity and avoid possible charges for statutory sexual assault in Texas is 17 years old. Before age 17, it is against the law for a legal adult of any age to engage in sexual contact or activity with a minor. Doing so could lead…

Intoxication assault, also known as driving while intoxicated (DWI) with serious bodily injury, is defined as an offense that occurs while operating a vehicle, aircraft, watercraft, or amusement park ride while intoxicated from alcohol and/or drugs and results in serious bodily injury to another person. Texas Penal Code § 1.07 defines serious bodily injury as…

More than 800 new Texas laws go into effect this month. How do these new laws impact your life? Read on to learn more about the new Texas laws changes as of September 2019. Stiffer Penalties for Package Stealing House Bill 37 criminalizes mail theft and increases the possible penalties based on the value of…

If you violate probation for the first time in Texas, you can find yourself back to square one, facing the maximum sentence for your original crime. In other cases, the court may take leniency on you because it is your first violation. While this situation can be scary, you do have rights. The best thing…

Like many states, in Texas, employees work at will. Therefore, if you were fired for going to jail in Texas or another personal reason, then, your employer likely did nothing wrong. What Is an At-Will Employee? An at-will employee is any worker that can be dismissed without warning and just cause for the firing. Employers…