Sunday, April 3, 2011
Is a deferred prosecution the same thing as deferred adjudication?
I just got done with a court case and I am curious if it was adjudication or deferred prosecution. I am in Texas. I was more than willing to take the case to trial and not guilty. There were no terms in the agreement, besides me staying out of trouble for a year, basically nothing greater than a Class C moving violation. I made it very clear that I will not accept guilt or responsibility and that is hand written within the paper work that the judge signed. There was NO admission of guilt on any level and given the lack of evidence and the court not wanting it to go to jury trial the let me go with this deferment. Harassment charges from a vindictive, bipolar ex-girlfriend. Now I am trying to get a Concealed Handgun Permit which I found is not possible if you have recently been placed on deferred adjudication. I thought maybe deferred adjudication was what I had, but does not that require an admission of guilt or am I am deferred prosecution? The paperwork is titled, "Deferment of Prosecution", but I did not know if the paper work appears the same for people receiving deferred adjudication.
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