Dismissed
Jun 2026
Charge
Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon
Aggravated assault with a deadly weapon charges dropped
McLennan County Criminal Defense
Waco Criminal Defense Lawyer
Trial-tested defense for every McLennan County charge, handled from an office directly across the street from the courthouse.
- ACS-CHAL Forensic Lawyer-Scientists
- Former Prosecutor
- Author, The Texas DWI Manual
- 500+ Cases Tried to Verdict
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Deandra Grant Law defends criminal charges across McLennan County: assault, family violence, drug, weapons, theft, and homicide cases. Misdemeanors are heard in the County Courts at Law and felonies in the district courts, all at the McLennan County Courthouse on Washington Avenue, directly across the street from our Waco office. Consultations are free.
Criminal Defense in Waco
Facing Criminal Charges in McLennan County?
Deandra Grant Law defends people facing criminal charges in Waco and throughout McLennan County, from Class C misdemeanors to first-degree felonies. Cases from Waco PD, the McLennan County Sheriff’s Office, DPS, and the departments serving Hewitt, Woodway, Bellmead, and Lorena all feed into one prosecution system: the McLennan County District Attorney’s Office and the courthouse at 501 Washington Avenue.
Our Waco office sits directly across the street from that courthouse. The team is led by partner Douglas Huff, an ACS-CHAL Forensic Lawyer-Scientist with digital forensics training, alongside managing partner Deandra Grant, a former prosecutor with more than 30 years of trial experience. From this one Central Texas office we also handle Bell and Coryell County cases.
What We Defend
Waco Criminal Charges We Handle
Every level of McLennan County charge, from a Class C misdemeanor to a first-degree felony.
Assault
From a Class C ticket to aggravated assault, a first-degree felony.
Assault defenseDomestic & Family Violence
An affirmative family-violence finding follows you long after the sentence ends.
Family violence defenseDrug Crimes
Possession through delivery and manufacturing, graded by penalty group and weight.
Drug charge defenseGun & Weapon Charges
Unlawful carry, felon in possession, and prohibited-weapons charges.
Weapons defenseSex Crimes
Accusations where the registry, not the sentence, is the lasting penalty.
Sex crimes defenseMurder & Homicide
Murder, manslaughter, and criminally negligent homicide, tried by trial attorneys.
Homicide defenseTheft
Theft, burglary, and robbery, graded by value and circumstance.
Theft defenseCrimes Against Children
Charges where a CPS investigation and the criminal case run at once.
What to do firstWhite-Collar Crimes
Fraud and financial charges built on records rather than eyewitnesses.
White-collar defenseProbation Violation
A motion to revoke or adjudicate moves faster than the original case did.
Revocation defenseWarrants
Active warrants resolved on your terms, not during a traffic stop.
Clear a warrantLocal Knowledge
What Actually Happens to a Criminal Case in McLennan County
McLennan 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
Misdemeanors are heard in the County Courts at Law and felonies in the district courts, all at the McLennan County Courthouse at 501 Washington Avenue.
Who prosecutes
The McLennan County District Attorney's Office prosecutes the full range of offenses from every agency in the county, from Waco PD to the suburban departments.
An office across the street
Our Waco office at 605 Austin Avenue sits directly across the street from the courthouse. We are in those courts constantly.
The forensic evidence is discoverable
Lab analyses behind a drug or forensic case generate underlying records. We request and read them ourselves rather than accepting the summary report.
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 McLennan County case before a charge is ever filed.
Case Results
Recent McLennan County Results
Real outcomes from real McLennan County cases. Past results do not guarantee a similar outcome.
Dismissed
Apr 2026
Charge
Unlawfully Carrying a Weapon
Unlawfully carrying a weapon charges dropped
Dismissed
Apr 2026
Charge
Possession of a Controlled Substance
Possession of a controlled substance charges dropped
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is decided on its own facts.
All Case ResultsWhy Deandra Grant Law
What Sets This Defense Apart
Every firm says it will fight for you. What actually decides a criminal 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.
Reviews
What Waco Clients Say
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They were thorough and helpful. McKenzie Zarate was fantastic and made me feel heard and had my best interest.
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Greg
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my attorney was so kind and empathetic. she showed up and really went above and beyond supporting me. can’t thank her enough.
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Olivia Platt
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Serving Waco and Central Texas
We defend criminal cases across McLennan County: Waco, Woodway, Hewitt, Robinson, Bellmead, Lacy Lakeview, and McGregor, plus the Baylor campus area and the I-35 corridor. From this office we also cover Bell and Coryell County cases, so one Central Texas location handles the whole region.
Every charge we defend here has its own walkthrough: Waco DWI Lawyer.
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The Rest of What We Defend
The same attorneys handle these charges across the same courthouses.
DWI 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 McLennan CountyFederal Crimes
Federal court runs on different rules and different sentencing math. We have tried cases in all four Texas districts.
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