Stanton, TX DWI Law Firms & Lawyers

Yes, you are legally required to provide it. In any employment situation, the employer has control of the employee on matters that are related to work. I do not know the reasons or the motive for the employer asking for the details of your arrest and conviction records, but I presume that they are related to your work somehow. The employer has an interest in having a sane, sober and sound employee who is productive. If you fail to provide them, the employer can take disciplinary action against you. You cannot assert the right of privacy or 5th amendment privilege either because you have been convicted and those records are a matter of publc records now. Good luck.

The gun case is largely dependent upon what happens with the DWI. If you have a CHL, then the only way to beat the gun case is to beat the DWI.  The strength of the DWI depends on (a) how you looked on the cops dashcam video (if there was one); (b) the station video (if there was one); (c) whether there was a breath test or a blood test; and (d) what you told the officer during the course of his/her investigation and arrest. If you look normal and sound normal on the videos, and there is no breath or blood tests, you should not plea guilty to it, in my opinion.  Your options with respect to the DWI is to plead guilty to it, or set it for trial. You can't get deferred probation in Texas on an alcohol case, so that is why the options are more limited than for some other type of cases. Often, the only way to avoid a conviction for a DWI charge is to take it to trial, and to win.