Hunt County Criminal Defense Attorney

Charge categories handled in Hunt County

The Hunt County District Attorney’s Office prosecutes the full Texas charge spectrum filed from Hunt County arrests. Each major category has its own defense framework, statutory analysis, and procedural workflow:

• DWI (Tex. Penal Code § 49.04) — Class B (BAC < 0.15) or Class A (BAC ≥ 0.15) first offense; second-offense Class A; felony DWI on third or DWI-with-child enhancement. ALR hearing required within 15 days under Tex. Transp. Code § 524.031.
• Drug possession (Tex. Health & Safety Code § 481) — Penalty Group classification drives punishment range. Possession with intent to distribute under § 481.112 elevates one class.
• Assault and family violence (Tex. Penal Code § 22.01) — Class A misdemeanor; Class A family-violence assault adds a federal firearms ban under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(9). Continuous family violence under § 25.11 is a third-degree felony.
• Theft (Tex. Penal Code § 31.03) — aggregated under § 31.09, value tiers from Class C (under $100) to first-degree felony ($300,000+).
• Weapons offenses (Tex. Penal Code Ch. 46) — UCW under § 46.02, felon-in-possession under federal § 922(g)(1), prohibited weapons under § 46.05.
• Sex offenses (Tex. Penal Code Ch. 21-22) — sexual assault is a second-degree felony; aggravated sexual assault is a first-degree; both trigger Tex. Code Crim. Proc. ch. 62 registration.

The Hunt County criminal court infrastructure

Hunt County criminal cases are filed and tried at the Hunt County Courthouse, 2507 Lee Street, Greenville in Greenville. Misdemeanor cases proceed in the county courts at law; felony cases proceed in the district courts. Pretrial detention prior to bond posting is at the Hunt County Detention Center (2801 Stuart Street, Greenville). The Hunt County Sheriff operates the county detention facility and serves capias warrants.

The Hunt County District Attorney’s Office is the prosecuting authority for state-court criminal matters in Hunt County. Hunt County Attorney’s Office handles select misdemeanor categories. Felony prosecutions are routed to a felony-trial division within the District Attorney’s Office; misdemeanor prosecutions to a misdemeanor-trial division. Each division has its own intake practice, plea-evaluation framework, and trial-preparation tempo. We have current working knowledge of all divisions.

The defense workflow for a Hunt County case

Once you retain the firm, the case proceeds on a defined workflow:

1. Bond and pretrial release. If you are in custody, we file an emergency bond motion under Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 17.15 in the trial court. We coordinate with the bondsman or pursue a PR bond where eligible. We respond to any pending capias warrant.
2. Discovery demand. Within 14 days of arraignment, we file the Michael Morton Act discovery demand under Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 39.14. We obtain the offense report, body-cam video, in-car video, lab reports, dispatch tape, and prior-call records.
3. Investigation and motion practice. We review the discovery for Fourth Amendment suppression issues, chain-of-custody breaks, Brady-and-Giglio disclosure issues, and procedural defects. We draft motions to suppress, motions in limine, and motions to dismiss as the record supports.
4. Plea negotiation. We engage the Hunt County District Attorney’s Office on plea options — pretrial diversion (where the county runs such a program), deferred adjudication, charge reduction, or favorable sentencing. Negotiation tempo varies by county and division.
5. Trial preparation or disposition. If the case resolves by plea, we document the plea agreement and represent you at the plea hearing. If the case proceeds to trial, we prepare voir dire, opening statement, cross-examination outlines, defense case-in-chief, and closing argument.
6. Post-disposition relief. If the case ends favorably, we calendar the expunction or non-disclosure petition. If a sentence is imposed, we file notice of appeal within 30 days under Tex. R. App. P. 26.2(a) where appellate review is appropriate.

Engagement and fee structure

The firm operates on a flat-fee structure for criminal-defense engagements. At the free initial consultation (30-45 minutes, conducted by one of the founding partners), we assess the case posture, identify the time-sensitive deadlines, and quote a flat fee in writing if we are the right firm for the matter. The flat fee covers the entire defense through final disposition or trial in chief on the underlying charge.

We do not bill criminal-defense matters hourly because the State controls the case pace and hourly billing creates the wrong incentives. Appeals, post-conviction relief, and unrelated ancillary matters are scoped separately.

Free Hunt County consultation

Direct to attorney 24/7. Flat-fee representation, scoped in writing at the consult.

What a Hunt County criminal-defense attorney actually does

Selecting a defense attorney is not the same as hiring a notary or filing a routine form — it is delegating critical strategic judgment about charges, plea options, pretrial motions, evidence challenges, and (if warranted) trial preparation. A Hunt County criminal-defense attorney typically begins by reviewing the offense report, body-worn camera and dashcam recordings, Greenville PD or Sheriff's intake records, and the laboratory analysis for any tested substances. Where stops or searches are at issue, counsel examines the precise basis for the encounter (traffic infraction, community caretaker function, anonymous tip corroboration, consent) and the chain of evidence justifying each escalation.

Motion practice in Hunt County courts

Effective defense in Hunt County turns substantially on motion practice. Common motions include: motion to suppress (Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Article 38.23 and Fourth Amendment), motion in limine on identifying-witness or prior-conviction evidence, motion to disclose confidential informant identity, motion to compel additional discovery (under Michael Morton Act, Article 39.14), motion for change of venue if pretrial publicity is significant, and motion to dismiss for speedy-trial violation under Article 32A.02. Each motion is evaluated against the specific factual record and the judge's customary disposition. Counsel familiar with the Greenville courts will know, for example, which judges entertain extensive evidentiary suppression hearings versus which prefer to defer issues to trial.

Sentencing, probation, and post-disposition relief

Most cases in Hunt County resolve by plea. The defense attorney's value at that stage shifts from trial-readiness to sentencing advocacy: PSR-review and objection preparation, identification of mitigating factors specific to the defendant (employment history with L3Harris Technologies (Greenville), Texas A&M Commerce or other major area employers, family responsibilities, treatment commitments, restitution efforts), and negotiation with the prosecutor for charge concessions, deferred adjudication, or community-supervision conditions calibrated to actual rehabilitation needs rather than maximalist control. After judgment, counsel handles probation-condition modifications under Article 42A.701, early termination motions, expunction or non-disclosure petitions when available, and (in qualifying cases) writ-of-habeas-corpus litigation for fundamental defects in the conviction.

L and L Law Group represents clients across Hunt County in felony and misdemeanor matters, with substantial caseload concentration in DWI, drug, assault, theft, sex-offense, and weapons cases. Our practice includes Greenville District Courts (2 District Courts (196th) and the County Courts at Law.