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187th District Court sets plea deadlines, reinstates bond and appoints counsel in several dockets
Summary
Judge Stephanie Boyd set a final plea deadline in one case, reinstated a bond in another, and permitted an attorney withdrawal with appointment of new counsel in a separate matter while setting jury trial dates for additional defendants.
Judge Stephanie Boyd handled multiple pretrial administrative matters and scheduling decisions during the court session.
Plea deadline: The court set a final plea-deadline date for a pending state case involving Patrick Cuellar. Boyd said, “I'm putting it for August 4. That is the final plea deadline date.” The judge and defense counsel had discussed a federal proceeding affecting the defendant; the transcript records a federal-court setting described as “July '20 eighth is the setting date.” The judge adopted August 4 as the final state-court plea cutoff to allow developments in the related federal case to proceed.
Bond reinstatement: The court reinstated a bond for a defendant after confirmation from the bonding company. When a court staff member reported contact with the bonding company and that it was “fine with the reinstatement,” the judge directed bond reinstatement, stating she would “reinstate the bond.” The transcript referenced the name Michael Delia during this exchange.
Attorney withdrawal and appointment: Judge Boyd allowed an attorney to withdraw for one defendant after the defendant raised no objection and appointed Michael De Leon to represent the defendant Lyles. Boyd explained that because De Leon is being appointed, he “is entitled to 10 days to prepare for trial” before being expected to be ready, and the court recalled the case for a status date to give the new counsel time to review discovery and prepare.
Trial settings and recalls: The court set a jury-trial date for William Barnes for June 16 and placed other defendants on call or recalled them for later trial settings. For one defendant, Cervantes, the court recalled the matter for June 23 so state and defense could coordinate a firm jury date. The court repeatedly reminded parties that older cases may be tried first and that only one case can be tried at a time.
Other procedural notes: The court instructed counsel about reinstating bonds that had active warrants only after confirming coverage with commercial bonding agencies, and told defense counsel and defendants to coordinate with bonding companies and with the state if they sought a personal-recognizance or other bond arrangements.
These scheduling and administrative rulings were procedural; no guilt or innocence determinations were made on the record during the session summarized here.
