texanjoker wrote:stevenpopham wrote:I was arrested in guadlupe county and they dropped the charges, the texas dps picked them up and took them to wilson county (my home county). I have a court date for march 19th to get a change of order- or clairifaction done and then my chl will be done. I hope not to need a lawyer again. Unless its for business purposes. Normally I would agree with everyone on here but getting this behind us in 2007 allowed me to keep my security clearance and job. The state won because we ended up with a total case cost of almost 200k. I was tapped for everything I had and credit cards were maxed out. my dad was spent out. If I had more money I would have fought it all the way just for the personal satifaction. Ive taken an interest and have watch local court cases just to learn. It happens alot. People that should walk with nothing on their record take a plea bargin to avoid missing work and losing their job. Or people that needed better lawyers. I see drug addicts, or habbitual drunk drivers that know the system better then lawyers and walk (it really makes me mad when you hear 3rd-4th-5th time of them being in court). I have learned alot of hard lessons that I will never make again, Everybody says it but hind site is 20/20. If i hand know half of what I do now I would have fought it. I told Mr. Cotton I would pay his fees happily to repersent me over the phone. He gracously told me to have my lawyer call him and he would spoon feed it to him.
He is the reason I joined this board. I want to give back to this community.
take my advice and get onto the TX DPS website and run your criminal history to see what it says. I can't tell you how many times I hear somebody saying something shouldn't be on there, they pay and it is. There is an appeal process if it shouldn't be there. See the link below to get it.
https://records.txdps.state.tx.us/DpsWe ... alHistory/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Considering the fact his CHL application has already been denied (after 88 days per his initial post) that seems rather like closing the stable doors after the horse has bolted.
