Most deferred adjudication requires no previous guilty or no contest pleas in that county or court jurisdiction within their guidelines (typically 1 year). I speak only from experience using it.
Tarrant County is a year. Most West Texas counties, 90 days. I have had over a dozen tickets dismissed in a 10 year period, including 4 in about a month.
Originally Posted by Boltfan
Good info bolt man - Dallas county and Collin county has a year of clean record as well- to the OP - if you had no prior tickets in the past year that would be your best option- the other is to go to trial and hope the cop doesn't turn up- I don't know if contacting the officer right now and asking him to dismiss it will do you any good because the ticket is already in the database and only the judge can dismiss the ticket assuming it's goes to court.
If the officer doesn't show up on court date you will have a chance but the perfect time to ask the officer to dismiss the ticket was when he was issuing you the ticket?