1st Degree Felonies

1st Degree Felonies Carry a Penalty of 5-99 years plus $0 - $10,000

Criminal Lawyer Clayton Smith handles all 1st Degree Felony cases.

  • Aggravated Assault (spouse or public servant)
  • Aggravated Kidnapping (no safe release)
  • Agg. Online Prom. of Prost. (2nd; 2+ persons; or V<18)
  • Aggravated Promotion of Prostitution
  • Aggravated Robbery
  • Aggravated Sexual Assault (minimum 25 years in prison with a child)
  • Arson (BI or death, home, or place of assembly/worship)
  • Bigamy (victim 16 years old or younger)
  • Burglary (habitation)
  • Compelling Prostitution 
  • Continuous Sexual Abuse of Child/Disabled
  • Continuous Smuggling of Persons (risk of/actual serious bodily injury or death, or victim under 18)
  • Continuous Trafficking of Persons (minimum 25 years)
  • Employment Harmful to Children (Child 14 years old or younger)
  • Escape (with a Deadly Weapon or Serious Bodily Injury)
  • Fraud. Use/Poss. of Credit/Debit Info (50+)
  • Fraud Use/Possession of of ID Information (50+ IDs)
  • Injury to Child/Elderly/Disabled
  • Intox. Assault (officer, judge)
  • Intoxication Manslaughter (police officer, firefighter, EMS, judge)
  • Murder (no sudden passion)
  • Prom. of Child Porn (2nd or 3rd possession)
  • Prom. of Prostitution (victim under 18)
  • Sexual Assault (related to victim)
  • Sexual Performance by Child (victim under 14 years old)
  • Smuggling Persons  (w/sex. assault, serious bodily injury, death)
  • Tampering with Voting Machine
  • Trafficking of Persons (victim under 14 years old, death, from shelter, near school, UIL function, or residential treatment center) (min. 25 years)
  • Unlawful Use of Fireworks (officer serious bodily injury)
  • Use of Laser Pointers (officer serious bodily injury)

****We do not currently accept Federal cases****