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187th District Court accepts deferred-adjudication pleas, sets bond and issues prison sentence in separate cases
Summary
Judge Stephanie Boyd handled multiple docket matters including bond-setting for Adrian Harper, deferred-adjudication pleas for John Skinner and Michael Keating, and a 4-year prison sentence entered for Jalen Ross. Conditions included fines, community service, random UAs, treatment referrals and no-contact orders.
Judge Stephanie Boyd of the 187th District Court took up a string of individual dockets and disposed of several pleas, bond matters and a sentencing during a single session.
In one matter, the court set bond for Adrian Harper at $7,000 and ordered regular urine analyses and a referral to the Center for Healthcare Services. The court noted a pending motion to revoke and set further proceedings for June 5. The court recorded the defendant’s ability to post 10 percent of a $7,000 bond as $700 during the bond colloquy.
The court accepted a plea and granted deferred adjudication for John Skinner, who faced a third-degree felony possession charge. Per the plea, the court ordered a $2,000 fine, restitution to the San Antonio Police Department for drug testing, three years of deferred adjudication, 200 hours of community-service restitution with 100 hours reducible for parenting classes and another 100-hour reduction for completing trade school or higher education. Conditions included regular reporting (in-person or by Zoom), random UAs, a TAP evaluation with follow-through on recommendations, proof of employment within 30 days, and a prohibition on employment as a home-healthcare provider or with minors.
Michael Keating entered a no-contest plea to burglary of a habitation, a second-degree felony. The state recommended deferred adjudication and restitution to the complainant. The prosecutor asked the court to impose community supervision for six years, 200 hours of community-service restitution, no contact with the complainant and counseling or programs including anger management and the BIPP program. The court accepted the plea and deferred a finding of guilt while reviewing the recommended conditions.
The court also addressed Jalen Ross’s docket. Ross pleaded no-contest in two cause numbers; the court accepted the plea and, after review, sentenced him to a term of four years in prison, a $1,500 fine, concurrent sentences to run together, and an affirmative finding of family violence in one cause number. The court ordered no contact with the complainant and informed Ross that an affirmative family-violence finding bars ownership or possession of weapons or ammunition.
Across cases the judge emphasized conditions tied to employment, treatment, and monitoring. For several deferred-adjudication dispositions, the court required parenting classes, proof of employment, random drug testing and limits on work with minors or as home-health providers.
The court’s docket also included standard admonishments and colloquies required for pleas, advisals of appeal waivers, and scheduling of future hearings where motions or revocation matters remain pending.
