4 Ways To Defeat A Juvenile Assault Charge In Texas (2025)

Описание: Can Your Child Face Assault Charges for a Texas School Fight?
Violent school fights are a growing trend in Texas schools. If your child is charged with a crime linked to a school fight, what should you do?
Rising School Violence Trend Spans the Nation
With school violence on the rise, school administrations are turning to law enforcement for help more often than in past decades. Legal consequences may be given for significant assaults
Why School Administrators are Using Legal Intervention
Your child’s school may have policies that involve a trip to the principal’s office and detention or suspension for school fighting. However, with school assaults increasing, don’t be surprised if your child’s school administration turns to law enforcement for backup.
Many school administrators fear that fights could spread to the teachers and staff. That’s one reason why schools are involving police help.
Additionally, with school shootings becoming more prevalent, many school administrators are taking tougher measures to keep fights under control. In the Oregon example above, a teen allegedly flashed a handgun. This kind of violence has zero tolerance in public school districts, and police are often called in for stronger enforcement.
How Texas Assault Laws Apply to School Fights
Depending on the seriousness of the fight, a child younger than 18 years old can still be tried as an adult. Penalties will be filed according to the level of assault.
Class C misdemeanor
Causing offensive physical contact or threatening bodily harm; $500 fine.
Class B misdemeanor
Assault on a sports participant during or after a sports performance; up to 180 days in jail and a fine of $2,000.
Class A misdemeanor
Causing bodily injury to another person; up to one year in jail and a fine of up to $4,000.
Third degree felony
Assault on a public servant; up to 10 years in prison and a fine of up to $10,000.
Aggravated assault charges will apply if a weapon was used or serious bodily injuries occur.
Defenses To Juvenile or Adult Assault
• No Criminal Intent – The State must prove you intentionally or knowingly caused the injury. What if it was an honest mistake and there was no criminal intent?
• No Injury – what if the child or parent was offended by the altercation but there was no actual visible injury that lends itself to proving pain. Although the law does not require a showing of a physical injury, a juvenile assault case with not visible injuries makes a very weak case for the prosecutor
• Necessity/Bully situation – maybe your child was rescuing another child from being bullied and he was preventing a greater harm
• Self-Defense
Get Legal Help for Texas Assault Charges
If your child has been charged with assault, it’s imperative to contact a skilled Texas criminal defense attorney as soon as possible. We will review your case for free to determine what options may be available to get the charges reduced or dropped. Reach out to us today for your free consultation.

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0:00 4 Ways To Defeat A Juvenile Assault Charge In Texas
02:30 What is a Juvenile Assault charge?
03:10 What is the penalty for “Assault by Contact?”
03:20 What is an Assault on Sport Participants?
03:40 What is the penalty of Assault Bodily Injury to another?
04:00 What is an assault of a public servant?
04:25 What are the 4 basic defenses to juvenile assault charges?