Clear Your Criminal Record
Working to clear your criminal record is valuable for any number of reasons. It affects your ability to find and keep a good job or rent an apartment. Your record will influence any future criminal case you might be unfortunate enough to have filed against you. Certain convictions can increase what you pay for life and health insurance. Apparently a DWI conviction can make your obtaining a visa to visit Canada gravely difficult.
The lesson is, it is important to minimize your record as much as possible to minimize all the consequences, seen and unforeseen.
Probation on your record is better than a sentence of imprisonment. A successful probation with early discharge is even better. A deferred adjudication beats a probation. A reduction to a lesser charge is always preferential to pleading to the charged offense. Best of all, is a dismissal.
No one can honestly guarantee that your case will be dismissed. But they should be able to guarantee that they will strive for the best result that the law and the facts allow them to achieve. Hiring a good attorney immediately to keep your record as clear as possible is the best way to proceed. Once your record is created, unless you are eligible for a Texas expunction of records or a motion to seal, there is often not much any attorney can do later on.