Asked 3/28/2016 – Stinnett, TX

19 year old boy is moved into “girlfriend’s” home by dad…breakup he moves out! Now he sits in jail for enticing a minor with a felony…but not a sexual content…charge is supposedly for enticing her to commit a felony by doing drugs…young man is not mature mentally, in fact he couldn’t talk his younger brother into doing anything; however he is easily talked into anything…can’t hold a job because he can’t follow directions and must have 1 on 1 supervision to point out every single thing that needs to be done. Entire school career was done in resource classes in ARD meetings. (which inevitably keeps school from failing or holding back basically by guaranteeing no matter how bad he fails an assignment or test he can correct to a 70 (and even the corrections were done with help))

Answer

Regarding his mental state, criminal charges will remain pending until a mental evaluation has been performed by a medical profession and he has been declared incompetent to stand trial. If you believe this to be an issue, contact his attorney and make sure the competency evaluation is performed. How much longer it will take before his trial is held depends on where we are in the process. Has the case gone before the Grand Jury? Has the indictment been filed? Has discovery been tendered? Has a trial date been set? Again, only his attorney would know these things. Contact that attorney.