Asked 6/29/17 – Humble, TX

I am being charged with two felonies for poss/att poss controlled substance by fraud. They are offering me 6 months at the who and 2 years deferred probation. if i don’t take that then it is 2 years in prison i guess. If i take the 2 years will i really do 2 years? I have never been to prison before

Answer

I can’t make any definitive statement about your particular situation but in general, once a person is sentenced on a criminal case, jurisdiction of the case is transferred to the Texas Department of Corrections. It is the TDC that calculates any credit for “good time” and grant early release . A Judge, prosecutor or attorney cannot tell you that you would actually serve less than the sentence imposed, because they don’t know.