Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Criminal Docket Roundup topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
187th District Court: multiple pleas, deferred adjudications and revocations resolved; sentences and probation conditions ordered
Summary
Judge Stephanie Boyd presided over a docket with several pleas, probation decisions and a drug-court revocation. Outcomes included deferred adjudication with conditions, a state-jail sentence, a plea bargain jail term and a felony revocation to prison.
Judge Stephanie Boyd disposed of several matters during a crowded docket, accepting pleas, granting one counsel withdrawal, imposing probation conditions and finding a drug-court violation true in another case.
Key outcomes at the hearing included:
- Ashley Yvonne Draper Ward: The court accepted a plea of true to an alleged probation violation, adjudicated guilt, and sentenced Draper Ward to two years in the state jail facility with a court recommendation for the therapeutic community; the defense requested credit for 415 days already served.
- Daniel Chapa (listed as Choppa in the record): The court accepted a plea agreement for possession of a controlled substance (PG1, under 1 gram) and sentenced him to nine months in the Bexar County Jail with an $800 fine; the court noted credit for time served.
- Kavanta Tyrone Thomas: The court accepted a plea for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and placed Thomas on three years deferred adjudication with reporting requirements, random testing (patch or UA) and proof of employment within 30 days. The court removed an existing GPS condition for Thomas and entered an affirmative deadly-weapon finding consistent with the plea agreement.
- Marcello (Marcello) Flores Jr.: The court found a felony drug-court violation (failure to attend treatment and other matters) true, granted the State's motion and sentenced Flores to four years in prison; the court recommended the therapeutic community for reentry planning.
- Vanessa Portales: The court accepted a no-contest plea (recorded as waiving trial rights and consenting to stipulated testimony), found the evidence sufficient, and entered a sentence set out in the parties' plea (the transcript records a prison term addressed in the plea that the court then suspended and probated with conditions; the court set supervision, TAP evaluation, community-service requirements, a no-contact condition and other standard supervisory terms).
Other docket items included granting a defense attorney's motion to withdraw for Oscar Jimenez and appointing new counsel (Griffin Scott Hill) and scheduling competency-related follow-ups for Jose Romero (magistrate competency evaluation set; return date May 5). Several cases received plea-deadline resets and future hearing dates.
The court routinely admonished parties about courtroom procedure and made clear that plea-deadline dates are binding absent good cause.
