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Q: What are my options if I could not afford $3000 legal fee to handle a criminal charge for less than US$100?

Does the guarantee from this criminal attorney who informs me of $3000 legal fee a standard criminal law practice?

"I can guarantee that you will get the case dismissed after you perform deferred adjudication probation. It is very rare that the case gets dismissed outright without... View More

Mr. J. Michael Price II
Mr. J. Michael Price II
answered on May 22, 2019

That 'guarantee' by whatever lawyer you are talking to is very misleading. In every case in Texas where a person receives 'deferred adjudication probation' and successfully completes it, their case is 'dismissed'. So guaranteeing something for $3,000 that is going... View More

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