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How to Choose the Best Criminal Defense Attorney in San Antonio
When you are facing a criminal charge, the single most important decision you make is who will stand beside you. A search for the best …
San Antonio Sexual Assault Criminal Defense Attorney: Protecting Your Future When Everything Is at Stake
An accusation of sexual assault changes a life before a single court date is set. Reputations, careers, family relationships, and personal freedom can all be …
What Prosecuting a Death-Penalty Case Taught Me About Defending One
I have stood at the State’s table and asked a Bexar County jury for a sentence of death. I was Chief of the Major Crimes …
What to Do If You’re Accused of Sexual Assault in Texas
A sexual assault accusation moves fast, and it can upend your life before you’ve had time to process what’s happening. Within hours you may be …
How to Fight a Protective Order in Texas
Being served with a protective order can feel like the ground shifting under you overnight. Suddenly there are rules about where you can go, who …
Can Domestic Violence Charges Be Dropped in Texas?
It’s one of the most common questions we hear, often from the accused, sometimes from the alleged victim themselves: if she doesn’t want to press …
Mario Del Prado Listed Among Leading Criminal Defense Lawyers in San Antonio, Doyle’s Guide 2026
The short version. Doyle’s Guide has listed me in the Leading band of its 2026 list, Leading Criminal Defense Lawyers – San Antonio, 2026. Doyle’s …
Accused of a Sex Offense in San Antonio? The Most Important Work Happens Before Trial
The short answer. A sexual assault accusation in Bexar County is not one problem. It is two. The first is the prison range, which for …
Case Results
How to read this page. These are outcomes in cases I handled, in Bexar County and surrounding counties. Each one happened because of the particular …
Drug Possession Charges in San Antonio: What the State Must Prove
The short answer. Being near drugs is not possession. The State must prove the accused exercised actual care, custody, control, or management over the substance, …
Homicide and Self-Defense in Texas: Who Has to Prove What
The short answer. Self-defense in Texas is a justification, not an excuse, and the burden is not what most people assume. Once the accused produces …
Domestic Violence Charges in Bexar County: What Is Really at Stake
The short answer. In Texas the charge is usually assault, but the thing that follows you is the family violence finding. Under Code of …