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Assault by bodily injury in Texas consists of intentionally, knowingly or recklessly causing bodily injury to another person.
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Driving While Intoxicated can be a misdemeanor or a felony based on the facts involved, and a common misconception is that your vehicle has to be in motion for you to be charged.
Drug possession laws vary widely according to the type of drug and quantity, as well as whether there is evidence to believe the Defendant is a drug dealer.
Juvenile offenses are governed by the juvenile justice code, contained within the family code. Juveniles may be charged with all of the myriad offenses an adult can be charged with, however the rules involved are substantially different.
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Rather than a specific offense itself, domestic violence is more of a descriptor of what would otherwise be a typical assault that involves a family member, a roommate, or someone the Defendant is in a dating relationship with.
Property crimes, including theft and criminal mischief, sometimes use a sliding scale based on the alleged value of the property stolen or damaged to determine the level of punishment and degree of offense charged.
OUR FIRM
What may seem to you to be a minor accusation by the prosecutors in your case can often have drastic consequences to your personal and professional life. A criminal conviction may cause you to be rejected from certain jobs, cause you immigration or naturalization issues, or even prevent you from owning a firearm or prevent you from voting. Ultimately, there is no area of law that is more high stakes than criminal law. You need an advocate willing and able to investigate and evaluate the State's case against you in order to protect your rights.
As a law practice run by ex-prosecutors who have left the profession to practice criminal defense, the attorneys at Sims Criminal Law are in a unique position to understand the potential strategies the prosecutors will use against you as well as the strengths and weaknesses of each case.
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Attorney Profiles
James Malcolm Sims, who goes by Jim, has practiced law in Texas and other states for over 50 years. He has tried hundreds of jury trials both state and federal, this includes over twenty capital murder cases. In his legal career, he has served as a chief prosecutor in the Harris County District Attorney’s office. He had also served as a Municipal Judge of Missouri City for over twenty years. He was elected as Houston’s representative for the Texas Municipal Judges Association. He has tried felony cases, sex assaults and all manner of other offenses on both the State and Federal level. He has focused on criminal law for his entire career and brings that experience and the knowledge he has acquired to each one of his cases.
A native Houstonian, James Jefferson Sims, who goes by Jeff, was born and raised in the Heights and graduated from the University of Houston in 2013. He then enrolled in law school in 2013 and graduated from South Texas College of Law in May 2016. During law school, Jeff interned in the 178th criminal district Court in Harris County and developed an interest for criminal law. After passing the Texas bar exam in November of 2016, he was hired as a prosecutor by the Harris County District Attorney's Office, one of the largest prosecutor's offices in the nation. In his time in the Harris County District Attorney's Office, Jeff has handled a wide array of misdemeanor and felony offenses as well as juvenile offenses. After having been a prosecutor for over three and a half years, Jeff then began a career in criminal law.
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CONTACT
SIMS CRIMINAL LAW FIRM
OUR ADDRESS
440 Lousisana Ave, Suite 200 Houston, Texas 77002
Email: AttorneyJamesSims@gmail.com
Tel: (713) 542-4983
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