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uhhmmmm help
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First 18 doesn't matter. You can get slapped with a MIC one day before your 21st birthday.
The worst possible circumstance could be time in jail, a large fine (up to $2000.00), a long probation period, forced alcohol awareness programs, mandatory alcoholics anonymous meetings, assignment to a mental health professional, lose the ability to obtain a drivers license until 21 and the possibility of having an alcohol related offense on your permanent criminal record.
Depending on what county you're in, judges typically come down very hard on these types of cases to set an example. Do you want to be an example?
Not fun, huh? You need to see a lawyer who specializes in MIC cases. NOW.
Banned_Princess
Senior Member
it will if you are convicted.
Get a lawyer, explain your intent on enlisting, and he should sort it all out for you. problem solved.
I read that the max fine was only 500 because its my first offense. ever. the only two things that could be on my record are that i was assaulted for 15 years and i turned the person in and an ex friend of mine hit me and i got out of the car and yelled f*** you but that was wiped from my record i didnt have any punishment no citation no coirt nothing. this is my first serious anything
Got an idea for you... when doing your reading, you might want to check out the Texas Statutes. You're dealing with a Class B Misdemeanor. Let me help you:
PENAL CODE CHAPTER 12. PUNISHMENTS
Shouldn't you be in school? If you're not, I'd let my fingers do the walking and find an attorney.
Banned_Princess
Senior Member
"oh I want to enlist" is #1 thing all kids in any trouble try to say to not be in trouble anymore.
CavemanLawyer
Senior Member
dmcc10880, you need to follow your own advice and read the applicable statutes. I can see where you got the language that you quoted from your initial post and it comes straight off of an attorney's website that I would describe as unscrupulous and misleading. All of those extreme punishments that are listed refer to what a juvenile court can impose on a "child" (as defined in the family code) for any offense referred to juvenile court. Those extreme punishments are things that you'd see imposed for serious felony offenses like Aggravated Assault or sexual offenses. An MIC is almost never even going to be referred to juvenile court unless the juvenile is already on probation or has significant other juvenile history, and even then those extreme conditions are not going to be done on an MIC... ever... period. That website is an attorney trying to scare up some business. In any case, none of this applies to this poster because he is over the age of 17 and therefore is not a juvenile so the charge cannot be referred to juvenile court.
If you look at the actual statute then you can see that a first offense MIC is a class C offense punishable by a maximum of a $500 fine. nat2011, if you want to you can walk in there and plead to the absolute max punishment and you will pay $500 plus court costs and will have your drivers license suspended for 30 days. I would seriously doubt that such a conviction would have much impact on your recruitment for the military but I cannot guarantee anything. You can certainly speak with a recruiter and find out though. I can however confirm that a class C conviction for MIC is not going to disqualify you for military service.
It may be possible for you to receive deferred probation which would likely require that you pay a fine, perform some amount of community service and/or attend either AA or some form of alcohol awareness course. If you complete the probation successfully you will not receive a conviction and your driver's license will not be suspended.
Since this is a first offense MIC, jailtime is absolutely NOT a possible punishment.
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Just Blue
Senior Member
Do you practice law LEGALLY in Texas? CL does.
stealth2
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Hehehehe So eat THAT, dmcc!
deputy said class c misdemeanor. yes im in school i have college classes monday and wednesday morning so the other three days im free to do whatever until HS starts for me. and princess whatever ive wanted to enlist for three years thank you, and for someone who is about to be defending your rights you might want to be a little nicer.
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