State Practice Areas
Why You Need Alexandria Services?
Alexandria Cazares-Perez is available 24/7 for a free and confidential consultation regarding specific state investigations or charges.
If you have been contacted by law enforcement or know that you have a warrant against you, it is essential that you contact an experienced criminal defense attorney immediately. Do not interview or answer questions until your attorney has advised you to do so. A conviction for federal charges may negatively affect your future and cause you lifetime consequences. Know your rights and make sure your rights are being protected. Contact Alexandria Cazares-Perez for a free consultation.
DRUG CHARGES
Drug Charges in the State of Texas can be very serious. Alexandria Cazares-Perez has experience in these types of offenses as she has worked for the Hidalgo County District Attorney’s Office, the Court of Criminal Appeals, a federal judge in the Southern District of Texas, and has represented clients facing criminal charges. Alexandria is ready to fight to protect your rights at both the State and Federal level. If you have been contacted by law enforcement or know that you have a warrant against you, it is essential that you contact an experienced criminal defense attorney immediately. Do not interview or answer questions until your attorney has advised you to do so. A conviction for drug charges may negatively affect your future and cause you lifetime consequences.
ASSAULT
There are various ways a person can be charged with assault, from misdemeanor to felony assault. Assault is considered a crime of violence and is a serious offense in the State of Texas. Having a conviction for even misdemeanor assault can lead to severe consequences such as loss of employment, losing your children or cause you to have immigration issues when later attempting to seek citizenship in the United States. Know your rights and make sure your rights are being protected. contact Alexandria Cazares-Perez for a free consultation.
SEXUAL ASSAULT
Sexual assault is a very serious offense to be charged with in the State of Texas. A person can be charged with sexual assault of an adult or a minor under the age of 17.
PROBATION VIOLATIONS
Violating the conditions of your probation can lead to serious consequences. Judges are not so forgiving when persons are given probation and they subsequently violate the conditions of probation. The judge may revoke you and issue a warrant for your arrest. The judge is not required to set a bond for your warrant. This is when it is necessary to hire an attorney to request that the judge set a bond.
Even a first time violation can cause your probation to be revoked. This is true for both misdemeanor and felony probation. Depending on the seriousness of the violation, the court may decide to either reinstate your probation, extend the length of your probation, or change the conditions of your probation. When severe violations are committed, the judge may even revoke your probation and send you to jail for the remainder of your sentence. In the event that you are revoked, you have the right to challenge the revocation. Contact Alexandria Cazares-Perez for a free consultation.
THEFT
A person commits theft if the person unlawfully takes property with intent to deprive the owner of such property. The severity of a theft charge depends on the value of the property taken.
EXPUNCTION/NONDISCLOSURE
Expunction
Although most convictions are not eligible to be removed from a person’s record, in certain circumstances the person may be eligible for an expunction. An expunction means that all information pertaining to the person’s criminal case is removed. The person may even deny that the criminal case ever existed.
Order of Nondisclosure
Even if you are not eligible for an expunction, you may be eligible for an order of nondisclosure. This means that although the record is not completely removed, it is removed from public record. However, government agencies will still have access to such records.
To Find out if you are eligible for either an expunction or an order of nondisclosure, contact Alexandria Cazares-Perez for a free confidential consultation
MANSLAUGHTER
Manslaughter is a serious offense in the State of Texas, and is a second-degree felony. A person commits manslaughter when the person recklessly causes the death of another person. The law does not require that the person intentionally cause the death of the other person. It is only required that in the circumstances surrounding the person’s conduct or the result of the conduct when the person is aware of, but consciously disregards a substantial and unjustifiable risk that the circumstances exist, or the result will occur. The risk in these types of criminal charges must be of such a nature and degree that its disregard constitutes a gross deviation from the standards of care that an ordinary person would exercise under all the circumstances as viewed from the person committing the offense’s standpoint.
INTOXICATION MANSLAUGHTER
Intoxication is a second degree felony in the State of Texas, and can be increased to a first degree felony is the person cause the death of a peace officer, a firefighter, or emergency medical services personnel while in the actual discharge of an official duty. A person commits intoxication manslaughter if the person operates a motor vehicle in a public place, is intoxicated, and by reason of that intoxication, causes the death of another person by accident or mistake.
CRIMINALLY NEGLIGENT HOMICIDE
Criminally negligent homicide is a state jail felony in the State of Texas. A person commits criminally negligent homicide when the person cause the death of another by criminal negligence. Under Texas law, a person acts with criminal negligence, with respect to circumstances surrounding the person’s conduct or result of the conduct, when the person should be aware of a substantial and unjustifiable risk that the circumstances exist, or the result will occur. For criminally negligent homicide, the risk must be of such nature and degree that the failure to perceive it constitutes a gross deviation from the standard of care that an ordinary person would exercise under all the circumstances as viewed from the person committing the offense’s standpoint.