Court sets $10,000 bond, sober-support condition for defendant on deferred adjudication

At a bond-setting hearing for a defendant on deferred adjudication, Judge Stephanie Boyd accepted a negotiated recommendation and set bond at $10,000 with conditions including sober-support meetings and a "30-in-30" sobriety requirement.

The state, represented in the record by Andrew Harris, recommended a $10,000 bond and defense counsel acknowledged discussions with the state. The judge placed conditions on bond and ordered the defendant to participate in sober-support meetings, stating the court would "follow your agreed bond recommendation of $10,000" and adding that it would "order sober support meetings as a condition of your bond" and require "30 in 30." The transcript records the court also inquiring about the defendant's recent custody and any mental-health treatment following an earlier stabbing incident the defendant's family described.

The court recalled the case for April 14 to revisit conditions and any additional information defense counsel needs to develop, and told the defendant he must appear at 9 a.m. on the recalled date if released. The court instructed counsel to confer with the clerk to calendar the hearing and asked the defense to gather relevant medical or treatment records if they bear on bond or supervised-release conditions.

No detention or sentence was imposed at the bond hearing; the order addressed release conditions while the deferred-adjudication matter remains active. The court emphasized that any medical or mental-health information the defense wishes considered should be provided ahead of the April recall date.