Harris County Criminal Record Expunction Lawyer
Houston, Texas Criminal Lawyer James Sullivan may be able to get your criminal records sealed or expunged.
Sealing Criminal Records in Texas
TEXAS CRIMINAL RECORDS
ARE DEFERRED ADJUDICATION RECORDS PUBLIC?
Yes. Many people mistakenly believe that deferred adjudication records are removed from a defendant’s criminal history upon successful conclusion of the community supervision (probation) period, however the law does not provide for automatic expunction of deferred adjudication records.
CAN DEFERRED ADJUDICATION RECORDS BE MADE NON-PUBLIC?
FOR WHICH OFFENSES IS THIS PROCEDURE UNAVAILABLE?
* Indecency with a child
* Sexual assault
* Aggravated sexual assault
* Prohibited sexual conduct (incest)
* Aggravated kidnapping
* Burglary of a habitation with intent to commit any of the above offenses
* Compelling prostitution
* Sexual performance by a child
* Possession or promotion of child pornography
* Unlawful restraint, kidnapping, or aggravated kidnapping of a person younger than 17 years of age
* Attempt, conspiracy, or solicitation to commit any of the above offenses
* Capital murder
* Murder
* Injury to a child, elderly individual, or disabled individual
* Abandoning or endangering a child
* Violation of protective order or magistrate’s order
* Stalking
* Any other offense involving family violence
WHICH DEFENDANTS ARE DISQUALIFIED FROM SEEKING AN ORDER OF NON-DISCLOSURE?
WHEN CAN AN OTHERWISE ELIGIBLE DEFENDANT SEEK AN ORDER OF NON-DISCLOSURE?
* Abuse of corpse
* Advertising for placement of child
* Aiding suicide
* Assault
* Bigamy
* Cruelty to animals
* Deadly conduct
* Destruction of flag
* Discharge of firearm
* Disorderly conduct
* Disrupting meeting or procession
* Dog fighting
* False alarm or report
* Harassment
* Harboring runaway child
* Hoax bombs
* Indecent exposure
* Interference with emergency telephone call
* Leaving a child in a vehicle
* Making a firearm accessible to a child • Obstructing highway or other passageway
* Possession, manufacture, transport, repair or sale of switchblade knife or knuckles
* Public lewdness
* Riot
* Silent or abusive calls to 9-1-1 service
* Terroristic threat
* Unlawful carrying of handgun by license holder
* Unlawful carrying weapons
* Unlawful possession of firearm
* Unlawful restraint
* Unlawful transfer of certain weapons
* Violation of protective order preventing offense caused by bias or prejudice
James (Jim) Sullivan is an experienced Houston Criminal Defense Attorney. For over 25 years, Sullivan has successfully fought the government in Jury Trials on behalf of clients in criminal and juvenile courts.
James Sullivan graduated from Baylor University in 1990 with a degree in Journalism, the ideal degree for investigating, discovering and telling winning stories in court. In 1993, Sullivan graduated from South Texas College of Law, which is nationally recognized as the top law school for trial advocacy.
James Sullivan later graduated from Gerry Spence’s Trial Lawyers College in Wyoming. Founded in 1994, it is the most selective and prestigious trial advocacy program in America. The methods taught at TLC are not taught anywhere else. The 1150 graduates form an extremely unique community of the most accomplished trial lawyers in the United States.
Sullivan has a proven record of defending people from all walks of life, faiths and countries in courts throughout Texas.