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Possession of Marijuana
Tarrant County Pre-Trial
Tarrant County Drug Defense
Fort Worth Drug Crimes Lawyer
Every Tarrant County drug case rests on a lab analysis. We read the underlying chemistry ourselves, and the charge is only as good as it is.
- Former Dallas County Prosecutor
- Two ACS-CHAL Forensic Lawyer-Scientists
- 17 Published Law Books
- 500+ Cases Tried to Verdict
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Recent Tarrant County Drug Crime Results
Every case gets forensic-level attention. These are recent outcomes for people facing drug charges in Tarrant County.
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Felony Possession of Marijuana
Tarrant County Pre-Trial
Past results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Every case is fact-specific. Client names and identifying details have been omitted for privacy.
Drug Crime Defense in Fort Worth
Facing a Drug Charge in Tarrant County?
Deandra Grant Law is a Fort Worth drug crimes law firm defending drug charges in Fort Worth and throughout Tarrant County, from a first possession case to delivery and trafficking allegations. The Tarrant County District Attorney prosecutes by specialized unit, and every drug case rests on the same foundation: a lab analysis identifying the substance and its weight. Misdemeanor possession is heard in the County Criminal Courts and felony possession and delivery in the Criminal District Courts, both at the Tim Curry Criminal Justice Center. In Tarrant County, forensic testing runs through the county Medical Examiner’s office.
That foundation is exactly where this firm is strongest. Managing partner Deandra Grant holds a Master’s in Pharmaceutical Science and a graduate certificate in forensic toxicology, and both she and partner Douglas Huff are ACS-CHAL Forensic Lawyer-Scientists. We request the chromatograms, the calibration records, and the chain of custody, and the Fort Worth drug lawyer on your case challenges them at the chemistry level, along with the stop and the search that produced the evidence in the first place. Both partners work ten minutes from Tim Curry at our Airport Freeway office.
Act Early
The first days shape the whole case
Evidence gets preserved, or it gets lost. Witnesses get found, or they scatter. A defense that starts before indictment has options one that starts at arraignment does not.
What We Defend
Fort Worth Drug Charges We Handle
Every Tarrant County drug charge, graded by penalty group and weight.
Drug Possession
Possession of a controlled substance, graded by penalty group and weight.
Possession defenseDelivery & Trafficking
Delivery charges rest on intent the State usually infers from packaging and cash.
Delivery defenseMarijuana
Possession charges that now turn on whether the lab can prove THC concentration.
Marijuana defenseTHC Vapes & Concentrates
Penalty Group 2 makes a vape pen a felony where a joint is a misdemeanor.
The concentrate trapFentanyl
Texas now charges some fentanyl deaths as murder, and enforcement is aggressive.
Fentanyl defensePenalty Groups Explained
Which group a substance sits in decides whether you face a misdemeanor or a felony.
How grading worksLocal Knowledge
What Actually Happens to a Drug 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
Misdemeanor drug charges are heard in the County Criminal Courts and felonies in the district courts, both at the Tim Curry Criminal Justice Center at 401 W. Belknap Street.
Who prosecutes
The Tarrant County District Attorney's Office prosecutes by specialized unit. Whatever the substance, the prosecutor across the table works drug cases every day.
The forensic evidence is local
Tarrant County runs its forensic testing through the county Medical Examiner's office. Identity and weight both come from that analysis, and its underlying records are discoverable.
Penalty groups decide the charge
Texas grades drug charges by penalty group and weight. The same conduct can be a misdemeanor or a felony depending on which group the substance sits in, and THC concentrates sit in Group 2.
Grand jury review on felonies
Every Texas felony passes through a grand jury before indictment. A defense packet presented at that stage can end a Tarrant County drug case before a charge is ever filed.
Why Deandra Grant Law
What Sets This Defense Apart
What decides a drug 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 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.
Reviews
What Fort Worth Clients Say
613 Google reviews across our six offices in North and Central Texas. These came through the Fort Worth office.
★★★★★
Excellent law firm with a great staff that communicates well and explains the process.
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Billie Hoekstra
Dec 2025
★★★★★
Great office. Great communication and staff.
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Mikayla Hoekstra
Dec 2025
★★★★★
I’m so appreciative of working with Deandra Grant Law. I had the pleasure to work with Sorsha and Kevin, both were very supportive and communicative throughout the process. My needs were unique given that I am a veteran and had to work with the Veteran’s Treatment Court which required quite a bit of red tape to work through and I’m glad I had this firm to ensure my acceptance into the Veteran’s Treatment Court. Thank you and I totally recommend this firm to all especially my fellow veterans.
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Jun 2024
Attorneys
Fort Worth Drug Crime Attorneys in the Tim Curry Courts
Douglas Huff, an ACS-CHAL Forensic Lawyer-Scientist with digital forensics training, leads our Fort Worth office alongside Deandra Grant, a former prosecutor with a master’s degree in pharmaceutical science. The Fort Worth drug crimes attorney on your case appears in the County Criminal Courts and the Criminal District Courts at Tim Curry every week.
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Serving All of Tarrant County
We defend drug cases from every corner of Tarrant County: Fort Worth itself, from downtown and the Near Southside to the Stockyards, 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, Fort Worth DWI Lawyer, Fort Worth Domestic Violence Lawyer, Fort Worth Assault Lawyer, and Fort Worth Sex Crimes Lawyer. The courthouse, the jail, and the bond process are covered in our Tarrant County court guide.
Arlington
Arlington police book arrests at the city jail before the case is filed with the Tarrant County DA, and the entertainment district around AT&T Stadium and Globe Life Field produces a steady run of these cases. Every one of them is heard at Tim Curry, about 25 minutes from our office.
Grapevine, Southlake, and Colleyville
Grapevine sits on the TX-114 and TX-121 corridor beside DFW Airport, Southlake runs its police and fire services as a single Department of Public Safety, and Colleyville patrols TX-26 and Glade Road heavily. The municipal courts in all three keep only Class C tickets; anything Class B or above is a Tarrant County case heard downtown, 20 to 25 minutes from our office.
Keller
Keller’s municipal court keeps only Class C tickets. A Keller arrest for anything higher, including a charge that started as a stop on US-377 or Keller Parkway, is filed in Tarrant County and heard at Tim Curry, about 20 minutes from our office.
Euless, Hurst, and Bedford
The Mid-Cities anchor the Airport Freeway corridor about fifteen minutes east of our office, and each city jail holds an arrestee before the county transfer. Cases from the HEB cities are filed with the Tarrant County DA and heard at Tim Curry.
Mansfield
Mansfield straddles Tarrant, Johnson, and Ellis counties, and the county line decides the courthouse: a Tarrant-side arrest goes to Tim Curry, a Johnson-side arrest to the Guinn Justice Center in Cleburne. The address on the offense report settles it, and our Johnson County court guide covers Cleburne.
Burleson
Most of Burleson lies in Johnson County, so most Burleson cases are heard in Cleburne rather than Fort Worth; only the northern, Tarrant County side of the city goes to Tim Curry. The Tarrant County court guide covers the building, the bond process, and what to expect at the first setting.
Close to the Courthouse
Our Fort Worth Office
Ten minutes from the Tim Curry Criminal Justice Center. Free parking on site.
Address
4500 Airport Freeway, Suite 101Fort Worth, TX 76117 (817) 631-6522
Consultation
At no cost and confidential, in person, by phone, or by video.
Office Hours
Mon – Fri8:30 AM to 5:30 PM
Sat – SunBy appointment
Phone intake24 hours
Parking
Parking on site at no cost, in the lot directly in front of the Airport Freeway entrance.
Directions to the Fort Worth Office
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From Tim Curry Criminal Justice Center
From 401 W. Belknap Street, head east on Belknap, which becomes Airport Freeway (SH-121). Stay on the access road and the office is at 4500 Airport Freeway, near the I-820 interchange.
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From Downtown Fort Worth / Sundance Square
From downtown, take Belknap Street northeast onto Airport Freeway (SH-121 North). Follow the frontage road to 4500 Airport Freeway.
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From Hurst / Euless / Bedford (Mid-Cities)
Take Airport Freeway (SH-121/183) west toward Fort Worth. Exit near Beach Street and the office is just off the access road at 4500 Airport Freeway.
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From Arlington
Take SH-360 north to Airport Freeway (SH-121/183) west, or I-30 west to I-820 north. The office is just off Airport Freeway at the I-820 interchange.
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From North Richland Hills / Northeast Tarrant
Take Loop 820 south to Airport Freeway (SH-121) west. The office is a few minutes past the interchange at 4500 Airport Freeway.
Also From This Office
- Fort Worth DWI Lawyer Science-driven DWI defense at Tim Curry, where blood goes to the county Medical Examiner.
- Fort Worth Criminal Defense Lawyer Misdemeanors and felonies against Tarrant County’s specialized prosecution units.
- Fort Worth Sex Crimes & Sexual Assault Lawyer Discreet, evidence-level defense of sex crime accusations in the Tim Curry courts.
- Fort Worth Assault Lawyer Assault and family violence defense in the Tim Curry courts, from a Class C ticket to aggravated assault.
- Fort Worth Domestic Violence Lawyer Family violence cases at Tim Curry: the protective order, the finding, and the DA unit that prosecutes them.
Court guides for the counties this office covers: Tarrant County, Johnson County, Arlington, Grapevine.
A Different Kind of Case?
The Rest of What We Defend
The same attorneys handle these charges in the same courthouses.
Criminal Defense
Assault, drugs, theft, weapons, and every other Texas charge, defended by the same trial team.
Criminal Defense in Tarrant CountyDWI Defense
A DWI arrest starts two cases at once, and the science is where both are won. It is the largest share of our practice.
DWI Defense in Tarrant CountyTarrant County
Fort Worth Drug Charge Questions, Answered
Have a different question? Ask Deandra answers the ones people ask in the first call, and the Tarrant County court guide covers the building itself.
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