GENERAL INFORMATION: Apt managers mislead by their own "Courtesy Officers"

I get SOOOOO Frustrated with Apt Managers who don't understand a D.A. 

Today's frustration of the day was caused by an apartment manager in San Antonio.  She had been "mis-informed" that a DA was the same as a conviction. Her "courtesy officer" is the one who told her it was "just a conviction by another name".

The law-makers and Judges in the State of Texas didn't have that in mind when they crafted the law.  Here is an excerpt from the TEXAS BAR web site:

What is deferred adjudication?

Deferred adjudication is a special form of judge-ordered community supervision (commonly known as “probation”) that p

ermits the defendant to accept responsibility for a crime without automatically suffering all of the consequences of a formal finding of guilt and sentence. The judge literally defers a decision on the defendant’s guilt, places the defendant 

on a period of supervision, and imposes certain contractual conditions designed to rehabilitate or punish the defendant 

and protect the victim and the public.

The difference between “regular” probation &

 deferred adjudication

Texas law provides that, depending on the offense, a criminal defendant may be placed on one of 2 types of probation: 

regular or deferred adjudication.

Regular probation requires a finding of guilt (conviction) for the crime followed by a 

specific punishment of confinement and/or fine (sentence) that is then suspended.

A defendant placed on deferred adjudication avoids a conviction or sentence because the judge is authorized to delay any finding of guilt or punishment for as long as the defendant successfully complies with the conditions of supervision.

What are the pros and cons of deferred adjudication?

A defendant placed on deferred adjudication can avoid a formal conviction and punishment. However, that does not 

mean there will never be any negative consequences.... A violation of supervision could expose the defendant to substantial punishment without a jury trial and with no right to appeal the judge’s decision to adjudicate guilt.

My Feelings

Since our law-makers in TX have deemed that a Deferred Adjudication is NOT A CONVICTION, I don't see any reason that a courtesy officer would mis-lead an apartments manager.  I can only surmise that the officer is ignorant of the law or is frustrated with "arresting people who then receive a DA".

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