I took deferred adjudication to waive my traffic ticket. I just got a letter, and ther was one part that sort of confused me: The deadline for furnishing evidence proving that you have satisfactorily completed all the stipulations of your deferral is fast approaching...Do not stand in any payment line to present your evidence. My question is, the stipulation of my deferred adjudication was simply "commit no offense against the state of Texas." What kind of evidence do I need to present? Shouldn't the fact that I didn't get anymore tickets be "evidence" enough of not committing any crimes against the State of Texas?
wow..i've never heard of this before. i thought, like you, deferred adjudication simply meant you couldn't get another ticket...how do you have the burden of proving a negative in a criminal matter? that's really weird. who is the letter addressed from?? what's on the return address on the envelope? and is there a phone number where you can reach someone?
If I were to venture a guess I would say that a proof of a clean driving record as provided by the Austin headquarters of the Texas DPS would be sufficient evidence. You can get one using this pdf file: http://www.txdps.state.tx.us/ftp/forms/dr-1.pdf
When I had deferred adjudication, I had to show up to court after my "probationary period" (or whatever it's called). You have to show you haven't gotten any tickets and you have to pay like $100. As far as presenting evidence, as long as you don't show up in their system with tickets, you will be fine. While waiting I was talking to other people who said they have lied before and they never knew.
They state it that way but there is not real proof that you can provide. When i had the same thing a couple months ago i walked into my court hearing, the judge asked me to take the oath and asked if i had any tickets in those three months. I said no and she gave the paper work to the clerk and that was it. They go on later into the computer system and check to see if you had any violations. That's about it.
The letter came from Judge William V. Yeoman, the Justice of the Peace of Precinct No. 5-2. There is a phone number, but I couldn't get through the last 5 times I tried calling, so I thought I'd throw it out here on the BBS. It might be referring to Defensive Driving, but it didn't apply in this case, so I was just a little worried. So everyone else is under the belief that the only thing I have to do is not get a ticket? Alrite, thanks everyone. I was just panicking about it because I didn't know what this "evidence" was.
I got put on deferred adjudication 3 days before I left Texas for San Diego and they made me basically write a letter saying that I did not recieve any further violations at the end of the 6 month period. I had to get that notarized as well before I sent it in. I am assuming that is what they are looking for from you. Just a guess though as mine was from Navasota.
I got deferred adjudication from Burton (in Washington County), and I had to take defensive driving, get a copy of my driving record, and pass a probationary period, AND pay them a crapload of money! All in all, including all the fees and whatnot, it was 5 dollars less to take deferred than to just pay the ticket off, but saving 5 bucks and not having it go on my record was worth my troubles. I would seriously call the courts and ask exactly what is needed of you to complete your requirements, cuz you don't want to screw around and end up getting a warrant for bullcrap like this!
