Q: what is the punishment for possesion of less than a gram of meth?
i have no prior record
A:
180 days to 2 years in State Jail, with deferred being the most likely outcome.
https://www.versustexas.com/drug/
A: As Attorney Varghese has stated, the punishment range is 180 days to 2 years in a state jail facility. If you were to actually serve jail time on this charge, it would be day for day, except for a potential release at 85% time with approval of the court for good behavior. If you have a clean record then you are actually entitled to at least regular probation (conviction and underlying sentence determined) for this charge even if you lose at trial, thus the high likelihood of getting a plea bargain for deferred adjudication probation(successful completion means no conviction) in many counties.
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