Tarrant County Sex Crimes Defense

Fort Worth Sex Crimes & Sexual Assault Lawyer

Sex crime allegations in Tarrant County are built on interviews, devices, and forensic testing. We defend them at the evidence level, quietly and early.

  • ACS-CHAL Forensic Lawyer-Scientists
  • Former Prosecutor
  • Author, The Texas DWI Manual
  • 500+ Cases Tried to Verdict

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    The Short Answer

    Deandra Grant Law defends sex crime accusations across Tarrant County, from sexual assault and indecency allegations to online solicitation cases. The Tarrant County DA maintains a dedicated sexual assault unit at the Tim Curry Criminal Justice Center, and the lasting penalty is often the registry, not the sentence. Early, evidence-level defense matters, and consultations are free and confidential.

    Sex Crimes Defense in Fort Worth

    Facing a Sex Crime Allegation in Tarrant County?

    Deandra Grant Law defends people accused of sex offenses in Fort Worth and throughout Tarrant County. The Tarrant County District Attorney’s Office prosecutes these cases through a dedicated sexual assault unit, and most charges in this family are felonies heard at the Tim Curry Criminal Justice Center. An accusation alone can cost a job, a custody arrangement, and a reputation, which is why the defense has to start quietly and early, before charges are filed when possible.

    These cases are built on evidence that can be examined: the recorded interview, the phone extraction, the forensic testing. Partner Douglas Huff is an ACS-CHAL Forensic Lawyer-Scientist with digital forensics training, and managing partner Deandra Grant is a former prosecutor with more than 30 years of trial experience. When the State’s case is an account plus a forensic record, we take the record apart piece by piece.

    What We Defend

    Fort Worth Sex Crime Charges We Handle

    Every Tarrant County sex offense accusation, defended at the evidence level.

    Local Knowledge

    What Actually Happens to a Sex Crime Case in Tarrant County

    Tarrant County runs its criminal cases differently from the counties around it. These are the local specifics that shape a defense here.

    Where your case is heard

    Most sex offense charges are felonies, heard in the district courts at the Tim Curry Criminal Justice Center. Misdemeanor charges like indecent exposure go to the County Criminal Courts.

    Who prosecutes

    The Tarrant County District Attorney maintains a dedicated sexual assault unit, staffed by prosecutors who try these cases every day. The defense has to be built to that standard.

    The interview is the case

    Cases involving children are usually built on a recorded forensic interview. How that interview was conducted is examinable, and we examine it.

    The devices are the case

    Solicitation and image cases rest on phone extractions and chat logs. Douglas Huff's digital forensics training means those get read at the technical level, not accepted.

    Grand jury review comes first

    Every Texas felony passes through a grand jury before indictment. A defense packet presented at that stage can end a case before a charge is ever filed, and accusation-driven cases are where that presentation matters most.

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    Why Deandra Grant Law

    What Sets This Defense Apart

    Every firm says it will fight for you. What actually decides a sex crime case is how well your lawyer understands the evidence.

    Former Prosecutor
    Deandra Grant prosecuted cases as a Dallas County Assistant DA, so she knows exactly how the State builds them.
    Two Forensic Lawyer-Scientists
    Deandra Grant and Douglas Huff both hold the ACS-CHAL Forensic Lawyer-Scientist designation from the American Chemical Society.
    Digital Forensics Training
    Douglas Huff has completed digital forensics training, and phone extractions and device evidence get examined, not accepted.
    500+ Trials Since 1994
    We work only in DWI and criminal defense, and we have tried more than 500 cases to verdict.
    Published Authorities
    Seventeen legal books and resources, including the treatise other Texas defense attorneys keep on their desks.
    We Read the Evidence
    Lab reports, phone extractions, DNA: we request the underlying records and challenge them at the technical level, not the summary the State hands over.
    After You Hire Us

    What We Actually Do on Every Case

    From the first call, in order:

    • Reach the case before indictment when we can, where a grand jury packet can end it before a charge is filed
    • Demand the dash, body, and surveillance video before it’s destroyed
    • Pull the full discovery file under Article 39.14: offense reports, witness statements, forensic records
    • Examine the forensic evidence ourselves: lab records, chain of custody, the underlying data, not the summary
    • Investigate the case the police didn’t: the witnesses never interviewed, the footage never pulled
    • File the motions the evidence supports, because suppression is how weak cases end
    • Build your mitigation file, with clinical assessments, at no cost to you
    • Try the case if the offer isn’t right, which is why the offers get better

    We quote a flat fee after a consultation at no cost to you, so the investment is known before you commit.

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    Serving All of Tarrant County

    We defend sex crime cases from every corner of Tarrant County: Fort Worth itself plus Arlington, Hurst, Euless, Bedford, North Richland Hills, Grapevine, Keller, Mansfield, Haltom City, and Watauga. Wherever the arrest happened, the case lands at Tim Curry, and we are in that building every week.

    Every charge we defend here has its own walkthrough: Fort Worth Criminal Defense Lawyer.

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    The Rest of What We Defend

    The same attorneys handle these charges across the same courthouses.

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    Fort Worth Sex Crimes Defense Questions, Answered

    I have been accused but not arrested. What should I do?

    As little as possible, publicly. Do not contact the accuser, do not give a statement, and do not consent to a device search. Accusation-driven cases are often decided by what happens before an arrest: the interview, the forensic exam, the grand jury. A lawyer can engage at that stage, quietly.

    Will I have to register as a sex offender?

    Registration depends on the specific charge and the outcome, and some non-conviction outcomes can still carry it. Which resolutions require registration and which do not is central to how we defend these cases, because the registry, not the sentence, is usually the lasting penalty.

    Which court will my Fort Worth case be in?

    Felony sex offense charges are heard in the district courts at the Tim Curry Criminal Justice Center at 401 W. Belknap Street. Misdemeanor charges go to the County Criminal Courts in the same building. Your court assignment appears on your bond paperwork.

    What if the accusation is false?

    False and mistaken accusations happen, and they are defended with evidence, not indignation: the timeline, the devices, the interview methodology, the forensic record. The worst mistake is assuming the truth will surface on its own.

    Can my case be dismissed before trial?

    Some are. Felonies can be no-billed by the grand jury, charges can be rejected or reduced at intake, and suppression of illegally obtained evidence can leave the State unable to proceed. Whether any of those paths is open depends on the evidence, which is why we pull the full discovery file first.

    What does it cost?

    It varies with the charge level and whether the case is headed to trial, and we are direct about numbers at the first call. The consultation is free, we offer payment plans, and we quote a flat fee so the investment is known before you commit.

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    The interview, the devices, and the grand jury all come early. Free, confidential case review. An attorney answers, 24/7.

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