Houston, Harris County Evading Arrest / Resisting Arrest / Threat / Failure / Interfering Defense Attorneys > Recent Case Results

If you’ve been accused of, have a warrant, or are under investigation for:

• Evading Arrest
• Evading Detention
• Resisting Arrest
• Terroristic Threat
• Retaliation
• Failure to Stop and Give Information
• Failure to ID
• Interfering with Police Officer’s Duties
• Hindering Apprehension
• Kidnapping
• Harassment – Electronic
• Harassment – Verbal
• Reckless Driving
• Unlawful Restraint
• False ID
• Illegal Fireworks
• Cruelty to Animals

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HOUSTON CRIMINAL DEFENSE ATTORNEY CARL D. HAGGARD

 The Haggard Law Firm

JUSTICE DOESN’T JUST HAPPEN

Carl Haggard’s sterling reputation for integrity makes him one of Harris County’s most-respected criminal defense attorneys.

Clients rely on Carl Haggard’s expertise:

• Former Harris County District Court Chief Prosecutor
• Nationally Certified Mediator-Arbitrator –  Triple Certification
• Nationally-Known Author and Speaker on Civil Rights
• Washington, DC Speech-Maker on Constitutional Issues
• Licensed to Practice in the United States Supreme Court
• Honors Graduate from Law School – Cum Laude
• Former UH Adjunct Professor of Law
• Thousands of Cases and Trials Since 1973

RESULTS ARE WHAT COUNT

Houston Evading/Resisting Arrest Defense Attorney Carl Haggard is at the forefront of Harris County Criminal Defense Attorneys with a proven track record of winning results for clients charged in Harris County, Fort Bend County, Galveston County or Brazoria County with Evading Arrest or Detention, Resisting Arrest, Terroristic Threat, Failure to Stop and Give Information, Interfering with Duties of Public Servant, Deadly Conduct, Retaliation, Reckless Driving and related offenses.

SAMPLE HARRIS COUNTY EVADING ARREST AND RELATED CASE VICTORIES*

Case Synopses and Testimonials included with some of these cases; clients have given written permission for use of Testimonial.

Actual Dismissals only are listed, not “Dismissals” granted after  Deferred Adjudication.

Dismissals and “Not Guilty” verdicts may be verified for accuracy using the listed case numbers through the County Clerk’s office except for those noted as expunged in civil actions filed by HLF.

RESISTING ARREST, EVADING ARREST
Case No. 9847989 and 9847990 – Richard R.
JURY TRIAL VERDICT: NOT GUILTY
Client was accused of assaulting his wife, fighting with the police in front of his home, and then fleeing. Prior to trial the State dismissed the Assault case. The Jury was out thirty minutes.

On Thanksgiving Day at my home two police jumped on me & I had to get away from them by running through my house & out the back door. I have a prior felony record and did not think anyone would believe me and my family over two police. My prayers were answered when I found Mr. Haggard! I am the sole support for my family & Mr. Haggard basically kept them from being out on the street… Mr. Haggard was smooth & persuasive and the jury was out only thirty minutes. Also, I wanted badly to testify in my own behalf, but Mr. Haggard convinced me that, with my felony record, I shouldn’t. I am so glad that I had Mr. Haggard to fight for me.
~ Richard R.

EVADING ARREST IN A MOTOR VEHICLE
CaseNo. 1258470 – Joyce H.
GRAND JURY NO-BILL August 12, 2010
This was a high speed chase with lights and sirens resulting in an accident with an unrelated vehicle in the middle of the chase which continued after the accident. (A related case of Failure to Stop and Give Information was filed which we got dismissed.) Joyce had taken her daughter to re-enroll in high school after the Dismissal of two related CPS cases of child abuse and runaway. While the ISD police officer was investigating the allegations that the cases had not been dismissed, Joyce nervously made for the door of the school with her daughter in tow. The officer physically detained Joyce, who pushed the officer and shouted “Run!” to her daughter. The daughter ran and Joyce followed in her vehicle despite the officer’s cries to stop. Joyce picked up her daughter, on foot, disregarding police lights and sirens, drove on the median, ran a stop sign, ran a red light, hit a vehicle in the intersection, spun out of control and then kept going until the officer lost sight of her. (Another officer found her.) Joyce had a lengthy criminal history and at the time these charges were filed on her she was paroled out of TDC on felony drug charges. We prepared our evidence and defenses, aggressively argued the case with the DA’s and finally were able to get the case and our client before the Grand Jury.

I put my faith in Mr. Haggard and God and neither let me down. Mr. Haggard gave me excellent advice the whole way through and I don’t think I would be at home with my family without Mr. Haggard. He’s an excellent attorney and he will fight for you until the end.
~ Joyce H.

EVADING ARREST IN A MOTOR VEHICLE
Case No. 1021135 – Louis U.
DISMISSED
Our client was stopped after leaving a bar where he had consumed 6 beers. He did not want to contest his DWI charge but he did want to contest the evading case, as he did not realize the police were after him. Once he realized they were, he was almost home (less than one block) and as there was no place to pull over he pulled into his driveway.

EVADING DETENTION
Case No. 1397149 – Donald S.
DISMISSED

EVADING ARREST IN A MOTOR VEHICLE
Case No. 862,296 – Robbie S.
DISMISSED

EVADING ARREST IN A MOTOR VEHICLE
Case No. 1040761 – Onix G.
DISMISSED

RESISTING ARREST – BAD RECORD, LOTS OF PRIORS
Case No. 1732665 – Santos N.
WEEKEND IN JAIL ON FIRST SETTING Jan. 26, 2011
Santos unfortunately had a very bad record when he admittedly fought, cursed and otherwise struggled against police who were trying to arrest him for Public Intoxication while at a concert at the Toyota Center. He hired us to use our contacts and experience to get him the best deal in as short a time as possible – which we did, on the first setting.

Mr. Haggard worked a wonderful deal on the first setting at court & kept his word that he would handle this case as quickly as possible. I have a bad criminal record but he still got me a only a weekend in jail. I thank him forever.
~Santos N.

RESISTING ARREST
Case No. 984631 – Chad B.
DISMISSED

RESISTING ARREST
Case No. 1135629 – James T.
DISMISSED BY FIRST COURT APPEARANCE

INTERFERING WITH POLICE OFFICER’S DUTIES
Case No. [Expunged by Mr. Haggard] – Tammy S.
JURY TRIAL VERDICT: NOT GUILTY
Our client was accused of a type of resisting arrest. A private guard/eyewitness testified on behalf of our client and Mr. Haggard was able to convince the jury that she had not interfered.

Mr. Haggard was aggressive and never let his guard down. He fought hard for me and was great at presenting my case. He allowed me to make all my decisions and offered me options. The Jury liked his presentation.
~ Tammy S.

HINDERING APPREHENSION
Case No. 1228090 – Buddy C.
DISMISSED
Our client was accused of misinforming the police that his son was not at home. His son had returned home in the early morning hours without our client’s knowledge. By carefully reconstructing the son’s travel timeline, Mr. Haggard was able to convince prosecutors our client did not know his son was in the house at the time police came looking for him.

HINDERING APPREHENSION
Case No. 1014673 – Franklin H.
DISMISSED

Mr. Haggard diligently worked on my case with confidence to assure justice for me.
~ Franklin H.

KIDNAPPING
Case No. 1168627 – Omar G.
DISMISSED March 12, 2009
Immediately after a heated argument, Omar left with his wife – the Complainant – in his car. Perhaps due to the serious nature of the problems they had been having, perhaps because they left their small children abruptly, the relatives of Omar’s wife construed their hasty departure as a forced abduction/kidnapping and called police. Omar’s mother-in-law, who had witnessed their departure, followed them and at one stop quickly persuaded her daughter to get into her car. Police shortly thereafter stopped Omar and arrested him on kidnapping and other charges related to the fight that had preceded the alleged kidnapping. The police returned to Omar’s home arriving there first and observed his wife pull up and exit from a vehicle other than Omar’s and construed this as further evidence that she had involuntarily left with Omar. We carefully reconstructed the flow of events for prosecutors and backed up our presentation with eyewitness testimony from both Complainant and other relatives to obtain a Dismissal.

Carl Haggard really fought for me. I was facing 15 to life. He hanged tough for me and my family. He got two Felony cases dismissed and two other Felony cases reduced to Misdemeanors with back time pleas. I went home to my family. He’s the greatest I’ve ever seen.

FAILURE TO STOP AND GIVE INFORMATION
Case No. 1672753 – Joyce H.
DISMISSED September 1, 2010
This was a high speed chase with lights and sirens resulting in an accident with an unrelated vehicle in the middle of the chase which continued after the accident. (A related case of Evading Arrest in a Motor Vehicle was filed which we got No-Billed by the Grand Jury.) Joyce had taken her daughter to re-enroll in high school after the Dismissal of two related CPS cases of child abuse and runaway. While the ISD police officer was investigating the allegations that the cases had not been dismissed, Joyce nervously made for the door of the school with her daughter in tow. The officer physically detained Joyce, who pushed the officer and shouted “Run!” to her daughter. The daughter ran and Joyce followed in her vehicle despite the officer’s cries to stop. Joyce picked up her daughter, on foot, disregarding police lights and sirens, drove on the median, ran a stop sign, ran a red light, hit a vehicle in the intersection, spun out of control and then kept going until the officer lost sight of her. (Another officer found her.) Joyce had a lengthy criminal history and at the time these charges were filed on her she was paroled out of TDC on felony drug charges. We prepared our evidence and defenses, aggressively argued the case with the DA’s and finally were able to get the case and our client before the Grand Jury.

I put my faith in Mr. Haggard and God and neither let me down. Mr. Haggard gave me excellent advice the whole way through and I don’t think I would be at home with my family without Mr. Haggard. He’s an excellent attorney and he will fight for you until the end.
~ Joyce H.

FAILURE TO STOP AND GIVE INFORMATION
Case No. 1570779 David M.
DISMISSED March 14, 2009
After an argument with his wife, David left very upset and hit a car while backing up. Due to the rush of adrenaline he didn’t notice the impact but pulled over when he heard a scraping noise which turned out to be the bumper of the small SUV which was stuck to his truck. Although the arresting officer was incredulous that he didn’t feel the impact, we maintained that given his heightened emotional state and the fact that the impact happened on the right rear of the truck it was possible not to perceive the impact.

FAILURE TO STOP AND GIVE INFORMATION
Case No. 1564858 – Zaigham U.
DISMISSED February 4, 2009
Zaigham walked away from a serious accident in which his engine was mangled and in danger of explosion. He was so disoriented he walked away from the scene and got lost. No other vehicle was involved nor was there intent to defraud the county of restitution for damages. His leaving the scene was motivated primarily by concern for his own safety as well as due to his disorientation after the impact.

FAILURE TO STOP AND GIVE INFORMATION
Case No. 1522329 – Matthew M.
DISMISSED BY OUR FIRST COURT APPEARANCE
Matthew was driving his father’s 2006 Mustang in the rain when he lost control of the car and damaged a large section of a brick wall. Fortunately he was not injured but as his parents were out of the country and he was afraid, he left the scene and did not report the damage as required by law.

I am a senior at Strake Jesuit and will study pre-medicine. I did not want this accident to interfere with my dream of becoming a doctor like my grandfather, father and brother. Mr. Haggard had the expertise to get my case dismissed by the first time he appeared in court and so he helped me pursue my career in medicine. Also he got it washed off my record.
~ Matthew M.

FAILURE TO STOP & GIVE INFORMATION
Case No. 1298656 – Michael B.
DISMISSED
Our client was hit by the Complainant while both were backing out; he did not “fail to stop”, and he did not refuse to divulge insurance information. Our client actually backed out first and the other man was therefore at fault, which Mr. Haggard was able to prove by the evidence. Each agreed to each pay for his own minimal damage, which was more than fair to Complainant, who caused the accident. Our client had business associates with him who witnessed this mutual agreement. Complainant later filed charges on our client, who was shocked when arrested several weeks later on a warrant.

FAILURE TO STOP & GIVE INFORMATION
Case No. 1175601 – Stephen D.
DISMISSED
Our client caused minor damage to his neighbor’s parked car and claimed he made several attempts to inform the neighbor, who claimed otherwise. Using his mediation skills (Mr. Haggard has a triple certification as a Mediator- Arbitrator), Mr. Haggard was able to resolve the dispute and get the case dismissed.

FAILURE TO STOP & GIVE INFORMATION
Case No. 1128372 – Ernest N.
DISMISSED

DID YOU KNOW… ?

Failure to Identify in Harris and surrounding Texas counties is a Class B Misdemeanor unless the Defendant is a fugitive from justice, in which case it is a Class A Misdemeanor.

DID YOU KNOW… ?

If you have open warrants – even if just for traffic – you’re considered a fugitive from justice.

FAILURE TO I.D.
Case No. 9843342 – Lorie M.
DISMISSED

FALSE I.D.
Case No. 896249 – Yvette Z.
DISMISSED

TERRORISTIC THREAT
Case No. 1499955 – Irvin D.
DISMISSED
Irvin had several prior convictions. After an arguement, Irvin’s wife told him he had to leave. Irvin did so calmly and without causing any damage but his wife, still quite upset, told police he had threatened to kill her. Mr. Haggard was unable to obtain a Dismissal in the early stage of the case, yet Irvin was unwilling to plead to something he didn’t do. [Note: Herein lies the key. If you're not guilty - don't plead!] We set the case for trial and prepared witnesses, obtained pertinent documentation, such as cell phone records, by subpoena, filed our Motions etc. Had Mr. Haggard not been able to finally convince the State they had evidence problems, we were thoroughly prepared for trial – although Irvin was admittedly relieved not to have to go through it.

I had some problems in the past but Mr. Haggard defended me like a new-borm baby. They dismissed the case just before Trial when Mr. Haggard convinced the prosecutor they didn’t have enough evidence to start the trial. I thank God for Mr. Haggard!
~ Irvin D.

TERRORISTIC THREAT
Case No. 1525086 – Charles S.
DISMISSED
Charles had prior convictions. This incident involved a heated argument with his father, who called police and told them his son had threatened to kill him. Found at the scene was a broken TV that Charles had dropped during the argument but which led police to believe his father’s claim of death threats. Added to the irony is that Charles’ father is a dialysis patient whom Charles cares for. Father and son reconciled and Mr. Haggard was able to obtain a Dismissal based on the lack of evidence which he sufficiently proved as well as witness testimony.

I love the Man like a brother. Thank you Mr. Haggard for fighting for me!
~ Charles S.

TERRORISTIC THREAT
Case No. 1485728 – Kenneth B.
DISMISSED BY FIRST COURT APPEARANCE
Since Kenneth had a prior Assault – Murder case he knew it would be tough to get this bogus charge dismissed. Further, it looked bad since his girlfriend had been tricked into signing a statement the police wrote thinking it was merely a report they would file. Kenneth was driving his 18-wheeler at the time of the incident and a witness, listening in on another phone line, allegedly heard him tell her he was going to ram his truck into her house. Lack of probable cause, which Mr. Haggard proved, among other problems with the State’s case, helped us win this Dismissal for our client.

TERRORISTIC THREAT WHILE ON PAROLE
Case No. 1269766 – Waddell P. T
DISMISSED
At the time of his arrest, our client was on parole out of TDC for Robbery. In a classic case scenario, our client’s wife lied to police, out of vengeful anger after an argument, that our client had threatened to kill her. She was later afraid to retract her story for fear of getting charged with false report. Using his knowledge of this court and his extensive experience in handling many such “vengeful spouse syndrome” cases, Mr. Haggard was able to obtain a Dismissal.

TERRORISTIC THREAT
Case No. 9843269 – Jean-Paul C.
DISMISSED AFTER PRE-TRIAL DIVERSION
Our client had threatened to kill his babysitter.

Mr. Haggard dedicated his utmost professionalism to represent me. He convinced the prosecutors to dismiss my case instead of giving me Pre-Trial Diversion and relieved my and family’s life.
~ Jean-Paul C.

TERRORISTIC THREAT
Case No. 1156390 – Paul S.
DISMISSED

TERRORISTIC THREAT
Case No. 1094433 – Monica T.
DISMISSED

RETALIATION
Case No. 1249090 – Caterino E.
DISMISSED April 22, 2010
In a convoluted tale of intrigue, our client Caterino was falsely acccused of threatening his sister with putting something illegal in her car to make her “go down“. Caterino certainly had motivation for retaliating since, at the time of the alleged statement, he was under investigation by police for an alleged sexual assault of his sister’s daughter. The daughter ultimately confessed to her lies after relatives discovered the truth: she was covering for her own deception in persuading her uncle to take her to her boyfriend’s house – forbidden by Mom – by saying it was a girlfriend’s house. So Uncle Caterino became the scapegoat: niece had to flee uncle’s assaults by taking refuge at boyfriend’s house. So niece lies about sexual assault– but not before Mom / sister of Caterino, having a guilty conscience, either mistakenly misconstrued Caterino’s statements that she would “go down” or willfully took revenge for having her illegal conduct brought up: she had been fraudulently obtaining then selling Rx medication, such as Zanax, using her mother’s name [lives in Mexico but comes here for treatment]. Caterino merely was pointing out to her that eventually she would get caught. This is a large, close-knit Mexican family so we had no trouble obtaining a truckload of Affidavits on all aspects of the alleged offense and related alleged offenses. We were able to ferret out the innocence of our client beyond a reasonable doubt in part using these numerous testimonies and to convince Prosecutors that Caterino never committed statutory Retaliation – despite the admittedly difficult presence of a solid motive - his pending investigation for the sexual assault of his sister’s daughter. This Dismissal wasall the more welcome in light of Caterino’s prior criminal history which includes Federal penitentiary time for PCS.

Mr. Haggard handled my case extremely professionally right from the beginning. Although my case was very complicated … Mr. Haggard was always patient and listened to whatever I had to tell him, including matters seemingly irrelevant to my case. He gave me sound advice about what to do to protect myself while the case was going on. In court, heis very efficient and knows exactly what he needs to do to protect his clients. He will not hesitate to approach or communicate with the DA directly. Mr. Haggard knows when to be complacent and when to get aggressive in court. He took the time to understand the complexity of my case and got it dismissed without having to go Trial. He and his staff were always courteous with me. Mr. Haggard has my highest recommendation as a seasoned and diligent attorney. ~ R. M.

HARASSMENT – VERBAL
Case No. 9840015 – Alfred B.
DISMISSED
Client’s estranged wife accused him of harassing her by phone.

Mr. Haggard was a tough negotiator and got the D.A. to dismiss my case.
~ Alfred B.

UNLAWFUL RESTRAINT
Case No. 1441249 – Ciprian A.
DISMISSED
Ciprian’s girlfriend told police he held her down for several hours after an argument until she agreed to pray with him.  Then, she tried to flee in her car but lied and told police that he jumped in her car and grabbed her keys to prevent her.  She also told police he was very controlling and had done things like this to her in the past.  Our investigation uncovered a different story, including some extenuating circumstances, such as that Ciprian’s girlfriend had severe panic attacks and that he was preveneting her from driving during this dangerous frame of mind.  Using medical testimony regarding her Anxiety Disorder diagnosis, among other legal defenses, Mr. Haggard was able to bring the truth to light despite the girlfriend’s testimony and the arresting officer’s Affidavit to the contrary and argue the case to a Dismissal.

UNLAWFUL RESTRAINT
Case No. 1025014 – Jeffrey B.
DISMISSED

RECKLESS DRIVING�
Case No, 1722703  – Andrew F.       �
DISMISSED August 25, 2011
The statute for “Reckless Driving” includes a “willful, wanton disregard for the safety of people and property” component.  In Andrew’scase. the only person and property damaged were Andrew and his own motorcycle when he struck a pole and flew off his motorcycle.  His gas tank caught fire and he was transported to the hospital for injuries.  To add insult to these injuries, he was charged with Reckless Driving in Harris County under the statute although no one else was injured based upon the report of a witness that he was allegedly speeding behind her and making unsafe lane changes to swerve around her.   At the time of this arrest, Andrew was an environmental scientist doing EPA reports but his past revealed a bad driving record, which made a Dismissal improbable.  Using a creative negotiation strategy, we obtained a true Dismissal after unique documentation of non-standard “community service”. 

RECKLESS DRIVING
Case No. 1499400 – Ryan N.
DISMISSED
Ryan was followed home by an over-zealous off-duty police officer who maintained he “recklessly cut her off” in traffic. He had a witness to the contrary - a friend who happened to be following behind him in another car.  As her car was unmarked and he thought she was trying to run him off the road, Ryan drove home – carefully – where he also unwittingly picked up another witness – his constable friend who was parked near his house and observed his “post-cutting off” confrontation with her. She was quite aggressive with Ryan who did not maintain his composure - which didn’t help matters.  We used our sufficient evidence, witnesses and legal argumentation skills to get this case dismissed.

POSSESSION ILLEGAL FIREWORKS
Case No. 1065080 & 1065081 – Chong K.
DISMISSED WHILE ON CALL FOR TRIAL

CRUELTY TO ANIMALS – 2 COUNTS
Case No. 1572586, 1572589 – Michael L.
BOTH CASES DISMISSED April 7, 2009
Michael was living with an aunt whose mental and other illnesses caused her to allow her house to fall into a dangerous and unhealthy condition. These conditions included 13 dogs and 2 cats living inside the house and poorly cared for. When one of her children called 911 after she had a seizure, Michael was charged with two counts of Cruelty to Animals based on the condition in which police found the animals. Despite the fact he had paychecks coming there, we proved by veterinary and other records and testimony that Michael was not technically living in the home, was not the owner of the animals, and had never agreed to accept responsibility for their care. We presented further extensive testimony that he had nevertheless made every effort to provide sufficient food and care for them.