From the monthly archives:

September 2009

Pre-Divert plea bargain for client on day of trial!

September 22, 2009

Today I was set for trial on a defendant who had previously rejected the DIVERT program. The state’s offers, in accordance with their new DIVERT plan had been 30 days in jail or the DIVERT. We did lots of work…

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More Harris County DIVERT News

September 22, 2009

WARNING…anybody planning on sending their clients to a DIVERT interview or for any people reading this that are currently charged with a DWI and who are considering DIVERT…THEY WILL DRUG TEST YOU!

Not only are they not honoring their promise to…

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New DIVERT Literature

September 15, 2009

This is laughable – the chiefs were just given this on Friday afternoon. The last paragraph is my favorite – funny how it’s the last paragraph and on the back side!

We won’t use anything they say in the interview against…

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Divert and Indigency?

September 11, 2009

I have two clients who are eligible for DIVERT on their first offense DWI but they cannot afford to pay the $202 for the initial qualifying SALCE interview. What are these people supposed to do? They can apparently fill out…

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