Between 1984 and 2018, Texas did not offer deferred adjudication for impaired driving offenses. Thankfully, in 2019, legislators recognized that the absence of this opportunity was making it too difficult to achieve just outcomes under a variety of circumstances. ...
As a parent, you may be worried that your teen will use drugs at some point. They know that this is illegal, and they may even tell you that they wouldn’t do it. But teenage drug use is common and pure pressure is a major reason why it happens. It is certainly common...
It's no secret that drinking and driving is dangerous. But what many people don't realize is that the consequences of getting a driving under the influence (DUI) charge can be especially severe for teenagers. If your teenager is facing a DUI charge, it's important to...
You may be charged with intent to distribute alongside your drug possession charges. This means you were planning to give or sell the drugs to others. If convicted, you will likely face more severe penalties than if you were charged with simple possession. But, how...
Sometimes, you hear people (even parents) say that juvenile offenders need to suffer the consequences of their actions and be left to sit in jail for a while so that they learn a few “hard lessons.” This is usually expressed in a well-meaning way, with the idea that...
Being convicted of a DUI can have life-changing consequences. For many, it can mean losing your job, family and driving license. It can even mean you lose your liberty through a lengthy jail term. For lots of people, the reasons for drinking or using drugs and then...
Drug charges range in severity from basic possession offenses to trafficking, manufacturing and distribution felonies. Whether the state accuses you of possessing a prescription drug that you should not have or of distributing medication to others, you likely know...
Police officers can’t pull a vehicle over just because they feel like it. Instead, they need to have a valid reason to do this. In the case of drunk driving traffic stops, police officers may see something that leads them to think a driver is impaired. An officer who...
You may have heard that there has been an uptick in car theft over the last couple years. Many of the vehicles being stolen are those made by Kia or Hyundai. Part of the reason for this is that stealing these cars went viral online, so many young people were simply...
You likely know that drunk driving is something that happens fairly frequently in the United States, leading to arrests every day. You also may know that men tend to drink and drive more than women. There are a lot of factors involved with this, including the fact...