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252nd District Court docket: pleas accepted, deferred probations and several resets
Summary
The court handled a heavy docket of initial appearances, plea hearings, deferred-adjudication sentences and case resets. Several defendants entered guilty pleas that the judge deferred to probation; other matters were reset for hiring counsel or for pre-sentence reports.
The 252nd District Court convened for a mixed docket of initial appearances, pleas and sentencing matters. The judge accepted multiple guilty pleas, deferred adjudication in several cases and ordered pre-sentence reports or short resets where attorneys or evidence remain outstanding.
The docket matters ranged from initial-appearance resets for people who have bonded out and are trying to hire counsel to plea-and-sentencing hearings that resulted in deferred adjudication probation. The judge repeatedly reminded defendants ordered to seek private counsel to contact at least three lawyers and, where appropriate, to fill out indigency paperwork for possible court-appointed counsel.
Lamar University student Lindsay Allen agreed to amend the indictment to remove language alleging possession on a post-secondary campus; the judge accepted a guilty plea to unlawful carrying, a class A misdemeanor, and deferred proceedings to place Allen on two years’ probation with a $500 fine, a drug-education requirement and an order to forfeit the weapon. The judge told Allen that if she completes probation, the…
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