Legal Question in Criminal Law in Texas

Legality of Case # being changed

Someone was found guilty in court, and her atty was suppose to file an appeal. The client did not hear from the atty and come to find out the atty died. The client was arrested for not reporting to probation, because she did not know she was on probation, she thought her case was on appeal. When she was arrested and received at a TDC unit, the receiving clerk called the county that had her arrested and told them that they couldn't keep her because the case was old and her time was actually up. The case was a 2001 case. The county changed her case # to reflect it to be 2007. Is that legal? Does she have any recourse?


Asked on 4/22/07, 11:49 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Keith Engelke Law Office of S. Keith Engelke

Re: Legality of Case # being changed

A lawyer needs to be retained for this person. Although the time for appeal may have passed, there are other avenues to try to overturn the judgement.

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Answered on 4/23/07, 9:03 am


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