Probation violation hearings move fast — often within 30 to 60 days. Barrera Defense responds immediately to keep a fixable problem from becoming a permanent one.
A probation violation can turn a second chance into the exact outcome you avoided the first time — jail or prison. Whether you were placed on regular probation or deferred adjudication, a single missed step, or even a misunderstanding, can put your freedom back on the table.
Barrera Defense represents people accused of violating probation in Floresville/La Vernia, Wilson County, Atascosa County, Karnes County, and San Antonio / Bexar County. Our firm focuses solely on criminal defense, and we understand how quickly a violation can escalate if it isn't handled correctly and immediately.
A revocation or adjudication hearing is often held within thirty to sixty days of the motion being filed, far faster than a new criminal case moving toward trial.
You have already been convicted and sentenced to a specific term of incarceration — the sentence is simply suspended while you complete community supervision. If you violate, the judge cannot exceed that original sentence.
You enter a plea of guilty or no contest, but the judge holds off on finding you guilty and instead places you on community supervision. Successfully complete it, and the case is dismissed. But if you violate deferred adjudication, there is no original sentence capping your exposure — you face the full range of punishment for the underlying charge.
Probation Conditions
In Texas, the "standard" probation rules come from Code of Criminal Procedure Art. 42A.301(b), the basic conditions of community supervision. It's a menu the judge picks from, not a required list, but most probation orders include most of these. The judge may require the person to:
Commit no new offense (state, other state, or federal)
Avoid "injurious or vicious habits" (in practice, drugs and alcohol)
Report to the probation officer as directed and follow the department's rules
Allow the probation officer to visit at home or elsewhere
Work faithfully at suitable employment, as far as possible
Stay within a specified place (usually the county, unless given permission to leave)
Pay fines and court costs
Support their dependents
Take part in community-based programs, including community service
Pay back the county for the cost of an appointed lawyer
Follow the rules of a community corrections facility, if placed in one
Submit to alcohol and drug testing
Attend substance abuse counseling or treatment
Take part in victim-offender mediation (for misdemeanors, only if the victim agrees)
Submit to electronic monitoring
Pay back the crime victims' compensation fund
Pay back law enforcement for drug analysis and storage costs
Pay back the victim's counseling costs
Pay up to $50 to a Crime Stoppers organization
Give a DNA sample to DPS
Post public notice of the offense, if the judge orders it
The list isn't the limit. Art. 42A.301(a) lets the judge add any reasonable condition. That's where orders like the no-alcohol-establishment condition from your Probation page story come from.
There are also offense-specific conditions in other articles. Examples include ignition interlocks and DWI education for DWI cases, and sex-offender conditions.