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How Long Do You Go To Jail For Domestic Violence In Texas?

That’s a load of questions. Assaults and assaults on a family member are also called domestic violence cases. It can be a wide range of offense levels, from as low as a class C ticket level. The offense is punishable by a fine only up to $500, all the way to a first-degree felony up to life in prison.

Typically assault cases in Texas and domestic violence cases involving bodily injury, not serious bodily injury, a class A misdemeanor. It carries up to a year in jail as a possible punishment. Probation is also a possibility. Dismissal and a reduction of a charge is also a possibility. If a serious bodily injury or a deadly weapon is involved. Then assault cases, even without involving family members, can be a second-degree felony. It carries up to 20 years in prison.

An assault on a family member with a prior conviction for assault on a family member can be a third-degree felony. It carries up to 10 years in prison. There are a lot of other different factors that can come into play, such as an allegation of impeding breath. That’s a third-degree felony. However, an allegation of impeding breath on a family member in certain circumstances or with a prior conviction for assault on a family member may be a second-degree felony.

So, there are a lot of different circumstances and facts that come into play. That determines the amount of jail time possible for an assault in Texas. But it may be as little as a class C punishable by a fine only or typically up to 10 years in jail. Thus, a second-degree felony, up to 20 years in jail, and even a first-degree felony, up to life in prison.


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