Question by Ronald S: 10 year old fine, not sure it is legit, A) Hire attorney? B) Defend self? C) pay fine? To avoid numerous answers based on opinion of my past I will clarify that I have been clean and sober for 6+ yrs. No longer involved in ANY criminal activity. I am married and support 3 children. I own and operate a small buisness I created and made succesful for past two years. So some of us do change. Now I’ll start at the begining. I was a full blown alcoholic by 20yrs old. Always in legal trouble too numerous to list throughout 20s. Recieved felony DWI (3rd offense)in Odessa Tx in 2000. Accepted plea bargin for 4 year TDCJ tearm probated to attend substance abuse treatment and pay fine $ 987 plus a long list of other punishment included in terms of probation. I did not complete the probation as I was revoked for non compliance of the rules. I was sentenced to TDCJ where I served time until released to parole in Odessa. I succesfully completed parole and was given succesful discharge from the sentence upon completion. 2 years later arrested, convicted, served time in TDCJ for seperate offense of accessory to burglary 6 yr sentence. I will discharge from parole office in Midland Tx on this sentence in 3 months. When i reported to my parole officer after 4 yrs on parole he informed me that he recieved a fax from ector county compliance department stating I owed “$ 987 that were 3,514 days late”. This is the first time I am hearing about it in all the the time I served on that sentence, time between, or in the 5+ yrs served on this sentence. I have been released from facilities that conducted background searches for this type of thing before my release and all came up clear until now almost 10 yrs later. I explained to ector county that the conditions were revoked and I served my sentence in prison in full. They persist that I owe the amount and that they will utilize my position on parole as a means to collect. It is not on my parole conditions to pay this fine. I do not know if or how I can prove this claim invalid. I do not question my guilt for the DWI 10 yrs ago. I just believe that I have payed for the crime and that they are motivated by greed to try to collect unjustly. I would like to prove them wrong but I’m not well enough versed legaly to put up a good defense. The judge is no longer a judge. I dont know who to appeal to. Should I hire a lawyer, possibly spend $ $ $ and still have to ultimately pay fine? Is there documents I can access to show I have already fullfilled my punishment. OR do I just submit and pay the fine, if so how do I prevent them from coming back later and demanding something else? Can they issue an arrest warrant for this sence Ive already served the time in full? Can they continue to harass my present parole supervisor to threaten or force payment out of fear of violation of present parloe on seperate non related offense? It’s a very frustrating situation! Because of my backgound and criminal record they are able to use coercion effectively against my freedom.
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Answer by davidmi711 The fine is the fine, it is not a fine in lieu of jail. Going to jail did not invalidate the fine.
It is a condition of your parole that that you follow all laws. Paying the fine is required by law. Making a decision to not pay the fine is a violation of law.
The only documents you could produce that will get you out of paying the fine would be documents that show you already did.
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