Angleton Texas Domestic Assault Lawyer Jim Sullivan Can Represent You if You Are Charged With Committing Assault Family Violence Two or More Times in the Same Year

Continuous Violence Against the Family is a third degree felony level offense that the Texas Legislature enacted and became effective Sept. 1, 2009 (see Texas Penal Code Sec. 25.11 below).

Angleton/Brazoria County Texas Criminal Trial Lawyers Jim Sullivan and Associates have over 40 years combined experience defending over 4,000 adults and juveniles accused or suspected of committing criminal violations of State law.  Unlike some law firms which focus on lucrative federal cases, the lawyers at Jim Sullivan and Associates focus primarily on representing adults and juveniles accused of State crimes.

Angleton / Brazoria County Juvenile Law Attorney Jim Sullivan is also Board Certified in Juvenile Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.  

The legal practice of Jim Sullivan and Associates have their main office in northwest Houston, however they frequently meet clients and travel to criminal and juvenile courts across the Gulf Coast region and throughout the state.  Unlike law firms with huge monthly overhead and expenses (such as expensive offices in downtown Houston and widespread advertising), the lawyers at Jim Sullivan and Associates deliberately keep their monthly expenses low so as to provide clients with individualized attention and professional representation for a fair and reasonable fee that is affordable to most people.

If you would like to discuss your case with a dedicated Angleton / Brazoria County Criminal Defense Lawyer, please call right them right now at 281-546-6428.

           TEXAS PENAL CODE

Sec. 25.11.  CONTINUOUS VIOLENCE AGAINST THE FAMILY.  (a)  A person commits an offense if, during a period that is 12 months or less in duration, the person two or more times engages in conduct that constitutes an offense under Section 22.01(a)(1) against another person or persons whose relationship to or association with the defendant is described by Section 71.0021(b), 71.003, or 71.005, Family Code.

(b)  If the jury is the trier of fact, members of the jury are not required to agree unanimously on the specific conduct in which the defendant engaged that constituted an offense under Section 22.01(a)(1) against the person or persons described by Subsection (a) or the exact date when that conduct occurred.  The jury must agree unanimously that the defendant, during a period that is 12 months or less in duration, two or more times engaged in conduct that constituted an offense under Section 22.01(a)(1) against the person or persons described by Subsection (a).

(c)  A defendant may not be convicted in the same criminal action of another offense the victim of which is an alleged victim of the offense under Subsection (a) and an element of which is any conduct that is alleged as an element of the offense under Subsection (a) unless the other offense:

(1)  is charged in the alternative;

(2)  occurred outside the period in which the offense alleged under Subsection (a) was committed; or

(3)  is considered by the trier of fact to be a lesser included offense of the offense alleged under Subsection (a).

(d)  A defendant may not be charged with more than one count under Subsection (a) if all of the specific conduct that is alleged to have been engaged in is alleged to have been committed against a single victim or members of the same household, as defined by Section 71.005, Family Code.

(e)  An offense under this section is a felony of the third degree.

Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 665, Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2009.