Eligibility Requirements If you are younger than 25 years of age you will be required to see the Judge to request deferred disposition and you may be required to take a driving safety course as part of your deferral. If you have a provisional driver's license you will be required to take a DPS examination.
During the Duration of Deferred Prosecution, Your Charges Are Conditionally Dropped – The prosecutor may elect to defer prosecution for 12-24 months (usually), while the defendant completes a court-ordered intervention (counseling or therapy).
Deferred Prosecution is an informal agreement between the child and the department in which the child must meet certain requirements. If the child does meet those requirements and does not have any problems, then the child will not have to be adjudicated and placed on probation.
Deferred Adjudication is not a conviction. Once successfully completed the complaint is dismissed. You can legally buy a gun once the judge signs the order ending the term of deferred adjudication.
Requirements of Deferred Adjudication. Under Texas Code of Criminal Procedure § 42A. 103, a period of deferred adjudication community supervision cannot exceed 10 years in a felony case and cannot exceed two years in a misdemeanor case.
If you successfully complete deferred adjudication, your case will be dismissed without a conviction on your record. While the arrest never automatically falls off your record, you may be eligible to have your arrest sealed or expunged after the required waiting period.