Henderson, TX Criminal Defense Law Firms & Lawyers

It depends on the reason your license is suspended. Driving on a suspended license is a misdemeanor that carries up to 6 months in county jail and/or a thousand dollar fine. If your license was suspended because of a DUI conviction, there is a mandatory 10 day jail sentence along with the requirement of an ignition interlock device being installed. They can impound your car and arrest you. If you're on probation, it can also be a violation of your probation to be caught driving on suspended license.

You don't necessarily have to have been "hurt" in order for an assault to have happened, legally. Also, if she "used or exhibited" a deadly weapon, the case will be filed as an Aggravated Assault-Deadly Weapon. If you are backing her, you can probably help her. It's unlikely the DA will drop the charges if you call them. The alternative is to work with her attorney on something called a "Grand Jury packet." We use those in certain cases where we think there's a chance the Grand Jury will No Bill the case, which basically acts as a dismissal (b/c the No Bill means the GJ felt there was no probable cause to continue with the charges).

The amount of jail time would be within the discretion of the judge at time of sentencing. Since the actual charge is not known and there is no conviction, an estimate cannot be made at this time. It would also depend on the persons past record and many other variables under the federal sentencing guidelines.