Court defers finding for Lindsay Hernandez; defense reports acceptance into felony drug court

A Bexar County court accepted a deferred-adjudication plea from Lindsay Hernandez and recorded that she had been accepted into felony drug court as part of the disposition.

Defense counsel Renee Munoz told the court Hernandez “did meet with felony drug court And, they stated that she does meet criteria to obtain services with them,” and that the defendant was willing to comply with program conditions, including inpatient treatment if the program required it. The judge noted felony drug court could be at capacity and advised defense to follow up with the program’s coordinator.

The court sentenced Hernandez to two years’ deferred adjudication with conditions that included regular reporting, random UAs, a $400 fine to be probated, proof of employment within 30 days, referral to felony drug court, 200 hours of community service restitution (with parenting classes that could satisfy the service requirement once completed), and a prohibition on employment involving minors or home health care.

Probation and the court emphasized that the defendant must report regularly until actually enrolled in drug court; the court recorded that the felony drug court had accepted Hernandez for intake on Friday of that week. The judge told Hernandez, “When you graduate, notice I said when, not if,” in reference to successful completion of the drug‑court program, and said the court would attend the graduation if available.

The court also reminded Hernandez that as part of a deferred-adjudication plea she had limited rights to appeal and must follow probation and program requirements to avoid revocation.