Quick answer: In Bastrop County, the Bastrop County Attorney’s office handles misdemeanor DWIs and the District Attorney prosecutes felonies. Expect standardized plea recommendations that scale with BAC, test refusal, and priors — and genuine room for reductions when the stop, the tests, or the lab work develop problems.
Prosecutors here work from the same package as everywhere in Texas: stop video, field sobriety tests, breath or blood results. Bastrop County participates in no-refusal initiatives around holidays, and DPS troopers work highways 71 and 290 heavily — trooper stops make up a large share of Bastrop DWI arrests.
In a smaller county, a defense lawyer’s reputation for trying cases changes plea math quickly. Trooper-stop cases live and die on the DPS dashcam — the report and the video disagree more often than people expect.
Related questions
Who handles my case in Bastrop County?
In Bastrop County, the Bastrop County Attorney’s office handles misdemeanor DWIs and the District Attorney prosecutes felonies — your court assignment appears on your bond paperwork and case filings.
Are plea offers negotiable?
Always — the first offer is a starting point that improves when the defense demonstrates suppression exposure, lab problems, or trial readiness.
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General legal information for Texas — not legal advice about your specific case. Last reviewed July 2026.