What is difference between deferred adjudication and probation?
Deferred adjudication is a type of probation where the judge does not find you guilty if you successfully complete the probation. This allows people to avoid a conviction. Your arrest will be on your record in most cases, but you can legally claim that you have never been convicted of the crime you were on deferred for. However, you cannot get deferred for a DWI case. Probation is where the judge finds you guilty immediately, sentences you to jail, but suspends the jail sentence by placing you on straight probation. Thus, entering a plea in a DWI case is the same as jury finding you guilty.
