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A Texas judge can give deferred-adjudication probation to a person pleading guilty unless:
(1) the defendant is charged with an offense:
(A) under Sections 49.04-49.08, Penal Code [DWI offenses]; or
(B) for which punishment may be increased under Section 481.134(c), (d), (e), or (f), Health and Safety Code [Drug-Free Zone], if it is shown that the defendant has [...]
Mark Bennett | November 20, 2007
This comment on Scott Greenfield’s blog by one of the authors of the recent Dallas Morning News article on probation for murder in Texas got me thinking a bit. “A closer read of our series,” he wrote, “shows that prosecutors still can offer probation through plea bargains with defendants.” Here is the article about which [...]
Mark Bennett | November 20, 2007
There has been some ado in the blawgosphere lately about the fact that Texas juries could convict people of murder, and then give them probation. (It’s not the law anymore — for murders after September 1, 2007, probation will not be an option for the jury.) Furriners (anyone unfamiliar with Texas culture, including reporters from [...]
