Q: How much time will I be making in jail for forgery financial instrument? My bond is 30,000 but I have no money to pay.
A: It depends on whether you are guilty or innocent. Whether you want to take a plea or go to trial. And whether you have a good attorney. It also depends on what kind of criminal history you have, if any. If you can't afford an attorney then you can request a court appointed. But, if I were you I would be trying to hire one to help get the bond lowered, or make a quick deal to keep you from having to sit or pay a bond, if you are guilty.
Kiele Linroth Pace and Bruce Alexander Minnick agree with this answer
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If you know the level of the offense, you can look up the punishment range in chapter 12 of the Texas Penal Code here:
https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PE/htm/PE.12.htm
If you don't know the level, you can as your attorney or look that up in the forgery statute here:
https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PE/htm/PE.32.htm
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