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Originally Posted by matthewb0051
They may do a conditional dismissal IF you take defensive driving. Meaning, take the course then State dismisses case. I even got an assault family dismissed for client taking anger management course.
Gotta disagree with this part. I do this every day and less than 1% of my communications with the ADA's is over phone. It just isn't done. Not what I'd prefer but it is how they operate. They like the email. Heck, some of them even give out their personal cell number to text.
The other thing to remember is that for the last 2 years at least here, the courts have been doing limited business due to some flu thing. They are woefully behind and the ADAs usually don't start looking at next Wednesday's cases until next Tuesday. So any pre-docket discussions may be fruitless.
I had a client with charges in felony, misdemeanor, and municipal courts. By far the municipal court ADAs were the worst to deal with and the most difficult to get in touch with. Certainly no phone but even emails they wouldn't return.
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I come from a smaller town than San Antonio. And I haven’t had to do this in a long time, so back then texts and emails weren’t that big of a thing.
But, I will say that when I worked in San Antonio, I had a hard time getting anybody in government to do any goddamn thing at all. This was 15 or 20 years ago but the only time I ever got anybody’s attention was when I blew right by their secretary and walked into their office and sat down. Worst town I ever worked in, in that respect.