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Texas Criminal Law Questions
The Law Office of Annie Scott represents adults in criminal defense cases in state and federal courts. Our experienced Sugar Land criminal defense attorney provides defense counsel for a wide array of criminal charges, including:
Assaults
Sexual Offenses
Violent Crimes
Failure to ID
Driving with Suspended or Invalid License
Reckless Driving
Unlawful Carrying
Trespass
Bad Checks

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Frequently Asked Questions on Criminal Law
Get answers to common criminal law questions in Texas from our experienced Sugar Land criminal defense and family lawyer at The Law Office of Annie Scott.
When you are arrested, you are supposed to be given the Miranda rights, including the right to remain silent, USE IT. Nothing good will usually come from talking. You will be handcuffed, and taken to the jail where you will be processed into the jail computer system, with fingerprints and photographed, usually.
In some instances, you will not be arrested but are in fact charged at a different time. Because you are not arrested, the court has to give you notice that you are in fact being charged with a crime. This notice is called a summons. It lets you know that you have been charged with a crime and that you need to appear in court on a certain date. You should in some cases post a bond so that you are not arrested at a later date.
Your bond is determined based on a schedule that the legislature has approved and based on your previous criminal history.
After an arrest, you will be processed into jail and at some point it will be determined if you can afford a lawyer or if you will need to be appointed a lawyer. If you can afford one, your family should handle it for you. If you can not afford a lawyer, the court will appoint one upon your request and the court’s order to appoint.
You will usually be seen by a magistrate judge within 48 hours.
If you charged with a felony, you are officially charged by an indictment after a grand jury has found cause to go forward. If you are charged with a misdemeanor, you are charged with an information once the District attorney has accepted and filed the case to proceed.
A felony is the highest level of offense we have in Texas and ranges from the state jail level offense to the capital punishment level offense. The range of punishment varies per offense, but felony range starts at 2 years to life or death depending on the offense. A misdemeanor is the mid-level offense, with the traffic ticket category being the lowest level under it. The misdemeanor has a range of punishment of 6 months at the least and 1 year at the most. There are a few hybrids which do carry a slightly less range of 30 days and a fine max.
Your precious criminal history is considered by the DA in their evaluation of your case. It will be given whatever amount of weight they decide to give to it and they will begin their negotiations from there. You will have an opportunity to discuss with your defense lawyer on how to proceed.
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