Hire an Experienced Houston Probation Violation Lawyer
Anyone charged with a probation violation has few rights in Texas courts. If you are accused of violating terms of your probation or deferred adjudication in any way − by failing a drug test, by not going to treatment or by being charged with a new crime − you may be held in jail without bond. You do not have the right to a jury trial, only a probation revocation hearing before a judge. The standard of proof is much lower in a probation violation case than in a jury trial. Depending on your particular situation, the judge has the discretion to keep you on probation, modify your probation, or sentence you to the county jail or to Texas state prison.
I'm R. Todd Bennett, a Houston criminal defense lawyer. If you have been arrested for a probation violation or a deferred adjudication violation, I offer a free initial consultation to discuss your case and what we can do.
As your lawyer, I can file a motion for a bond hearing and try to persuade the judge to let you out of jail while your case is pending. While the judge does not have to grant this motion, I can use my years of experience as a defense attorney and a former prosecutor to present your case in the best possible light. My next goal is to resolve the probation violation at your hearing.
Sometimes the person on probation or deferred adjudication did exactly what he or she was ordered to do and in fact never violated the courts probation order. Sometimes the person did in fact violate their probation and the issue before the judge is what to do about the violation. My job as your lawyer is to evaluate your particular case and your actions while you were on probation. If you did not violate your probation or deferred adjudication we need to prove that to the court. If you did, than my job is to explain the conduct in the context of your life situation. We need to humanize you before the judge, and explain that yours is a life that should not be thrown away by sending you to jail or prison.
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If you have been charged with violating your probation, contact me, Houston criminal defense lawyer R. Todd Bennett, for a free initial consultation about your case.
