Deferred adjudication is usually the result of a plea bargain and is essentially a type of probation through which a person admits guilt or enters a no contest plea before the judge, and the judge places the defendant on probation without a finding of guilt. If the person successfully completes the period of deferred adjudication probation, the case will be dismissed, but the fact that the defendant served a period of deferred adjudication probation may still be evident on their criminal record. There are pros and cons to this option, such as the trade off of having the case dismissed but having to admit guilt, and that if the defendant does not successfully complete the period of deferred adjudication probation, the defendant will be subject to being sentenced by the judge to any punishment within the range of punishment for that offense. A defendant cannot get deferred adjudication from a jury. Since deferred adjudication is usually the result of a plea bargain, if the prosecutor refuses to offer deferred adjudication, it will generally not be available.