ChargesCourts & Public Order§ 37.09(c)Tamper/Fabricate Phys Evid With Intent To Impair

Tamper/Fabricate Phys Evid With Intent To Impair

Texas Penal Code § 37.09(c) · Third-Degree Felony

Cases
949
Records
955
Dispositions
825
Counties
5

What happened to these charges

86% have a recorded disposition

Of 955 records in Bexar and El Paso and Fort Bend and Rockwall and Travis counties, 52% were dismissed or acquitted, 11% record a deferral and 17% ended in a conviction. 14% have no disposition recorded.

52%

Dismissed or acquitted (493)

  • Dismissed51% · 490
  • Dismissed after deferral<1% · 3
  • Acquitted0% · 0
11%

Deferral recorded (101)

  • Deferred adjudication<1% · 4
  • Other or unspecified deferral10% · 97
17%

Convicted (164)

  • Convicted on a guilty or nolo plea0% · 0
  • Convicted at trial0% · 0
  • Convicted, plea or trial not recorded17% · 164
  • Convicted of a lesser charge0% · 0
  • Convicted; appeal pending0% · 0
7%

Other recorded status (67)

  • Bond forfeiture3% · 31
  • Taken into consideration on another case2% · 21
  • Waived<1% · 7
  • Probation amended<1% · 4
  • Probation discharged<1% · 3
  • Other recorded disposition<1% · 1
14%

No disposition recorded (130)

No disposition is recorded for these charges. Most are open or inactive cases; the rest have only a plea or status entry that does not establish how the charge ended.

Outcomes are the latest recorded disposition of the listed charge, not predictions. Where a county records a guilty or nolo contendere plea as the disposition, it is counted as a conviction; a not-guilty plea alone is not counted as an outcome. Probation changes and other statuses remain separate when they do not establish the underlying outcome. A dismissal here applies to this charge, not to other charges in the same case. Percentages use all 955 records and may not add to 100% because of rounding.

Attorneys in these records

Share of each attorney’s associated records · click a column to sort
All records in this view52%11%17%7%14%949
Suzanne Fichtel13%33%54%0%0%24
Charles David Popper70%0%5%15%10%20
Ted Sansom11%32%47%11%0%19
Antonius Massar22%39%22%11%6%18
Benjamin Gergen53%6%6%24%12%17
Wayne D Lacy12%18%65%6%0%17
Robb William Shepherd50%8%0%17%25%12
Andrea Handley36%36%18%9%0%11

Up to eight verified directory matches, ordered by associated case count until you sort. These are record associations, not win rates: representation at disposition is not established, and multiple attorneys can appear on the same charge. “Deferred” includes unspecified deferrals. Percentages use each attorney’s associated charge records and are rounded.

Sentences & assessments

Recorded numeric components
ComponentRangeRecordsMedian
Community supervision2 years10 years884.5 years
Prison term2 years37 years814 years
Prison term (Suspended)10 years10 years1410 years
Jail term50 days60 days255 days
State jail term7 months7 months17 months
State jail term180 days365 days2272.5 days

Components can coexist in one sentence. Financial assessments can include costs and fees; they are not labeled as fines. A recorded term does not establish time served.

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