Why does TX have a 2-Step DWI Process?
1) TX DPS Driver’s License ALR Hearing
and
2) Separate TX Criminal Court Proceeding…
The 2 sides don’t communicate with one another…
i.e. I just WON my TX ALR Hearing, saying my driver’s license is NOT suspended,
however,
The TX Criminal Court still holds that my license is suspended for 1 year on the criminal charge, HARD-License Suspension==no Occupational License allowed on this type.
I have never heard of such a crazy way to conduct the laws as I have in Texas.Do any lawyers out there read these? I need legal advice from someone who has dealt with this very issue. Thank you.
I agree that TX is strange wit a lot of their laws. They are a common law state and for what is supposed to be a independent people they have more laws and more complicated laws than most states.
The hearing is civil, the criminal is just that criminal.
The rules of evidence are different in both cases.
The burden of proof is different in both cases.
A criminal conviction can affect a civil disposition but the opposite is not true.
Fro example OJ got off for murder criminally but not civilly.
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