Frisco Criminal Defense Lawyer

It depends on where the arrest happened. Frisco straddles the Collin and Denton county line: most of the city is Collin County, where cases are heard at the Russell A. Steindam Courts Building in McKinney, while the Denton County side is heard at the Denton County Courts Building. Your bond paperwork says which.

On the Collin County side, Frisco PD books you through the city jail and transfers you to the Collin County Detention Facility in McKinney, where a magistrate sets bond, usually within 48 hours. Denton-side arrests go to the Denton County Jail. After release the case is filed in your assigned court and a first setting follows. The earliest days are when video can still be preserved and, on a felony, when the grand jury can still be addressed.

On the Collin County side, Frisco PD books you through the city jail and transfers you to the Collin County Detention Facility at 4300 Community Avenue in McKinney. Denton-side arrests go to the Denton County Jail.

A magistrate sets bond within 48 hours of booking, and the amount and conditions can be argued before that hearing. A bondsman posts a surety bond for a fee; a cash bond is refunded when the case ends.

Yes. Every Texas felony goes to a grand jury before indictment, in Collin or Denton County depending on where the arrest happened, and the grand jury can return a no-bill. We prepare a packet with the evidence the police report leaves out and present it before the case is voted on. It is the earliest point at which a Frisco felony can end.

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.

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.

Not usually. The first appearance and any plea or trial setting require you in person. Many of the settings in between are announcements your attorney can handle, and we tell you before each one whether you need to be there. Cases are set at the Russell A. Steindam Courts Building in McKinney for Collin County cases, and the Denton County Courts Building for Denton-side cases, and missing a required setting forfeits the bond, so the calendar matters.

For most first-time misdemeanors, no. Collin County offers pretrial diversion for eligible first offenders, and deferred adjudication or probation resolves many others without a jail sentence. Jail time is realistic on felonies, on charges with a family violence or deadly weapon finding, and where there is a prior record, which is why the goal from the first setting is to keep the case inside the outcomes that carry no time.

Yes, and it happens more often than people expect. The Collin County DA can reject or reduce a charge at intake, a grand jury can no-bill a felony, and a suppressed stop or search can leave the State without a case. None of that happens on its own: it comes from getting the discovery, the video, and the witness statements in front of a prosecutor early, with a reason to close the file.