Legal Question in Criminal Law in Texas

Probation can be a part of a suspended sentence. Probation is a status; one can be put on probation by a judge after a conviction in a criminal case. Your conduct is monitored by a Probation Officer/Department, usually monthly meetings you pay for at about 65 a pop; there are usually several conditions of probation such as not violating any laws except traffic laws, often not drinking alcohol, and such as. The length is negotiated with the State or determined by the judge or jury. Probation is given in lieu of a jail sentence. A suspended sentence means that whatever sentence one received, say 10 years, is literally "suspended" that is, one does not serve the 10 years but is rather placed on "probation." The sentence is on hold. If probation is completed successfully, then one is discharged from probation and the punishment is over. If one does not complete probation successfully, then the Probation is revoked and the "suspended" sentence is then imposed.