by Mark Goodner and Ned Minevitz Understanding the Expanded Mandatory Credit in Fine-Only Cases A recent amendment to Article 45A.251, Code of Criminal Procedure, has expanded when mandatory jail credit applies in fine-only misdemeanor cases. Because municipal courts already apply multiple forms of jail credit, it is important to clearly separate what changed from whatContinue reading “Jail Credit After H.B. 16 (89th Legislature, 2nd Special Session)”
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From the 800 Line: Community Service and Jail Credit Rates
Art. 45.041 of the Code of Criminal Procedure tells us, in part that the “the judgment and sentence, in case of conviction in a criminal action before a justice of the peace or municipal court judge, shall be that the defendant pay the amount of the fine and costs to the state.” Although this isContinue reading “From the 800 Line: Community Service and Jail Credit Rates”
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