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Judge Places George Edward Branch Williams on Deferred Probation After Guilty Plea to Deadly Conduct
Summary
In Jefferson County District Court, George Edward Branch Williams pleaded guilty to deadly conduct (discharge of a firearm). The court placed him on deferred (unadjudicated) probation for up to 10 years under standard terms and conditions.
The judge accepted George Edward Branch Williams’s plea to a third‑degree felony charge of deadly conduct (discharge of a firearm) and placed Williams on deferred or unadjudicated probation for up to 10 years, the court record shows.
The court read the indictment and explained the punishment range for the offense—two to 10 years’ confinement and a fine up to $10,000—and advised Williams of the terms of a deferred‑probation disposition. The judge told Williams that if he follows the terms and conditions prepared by the probation officer, the court would not enter a conviction; if he violates probation, the deferred adjudication could be revoked and the judge could then find him guilty and sentence him within the statutory range.
The plea paperwork (admitted as State’s Exhibit 1) was tendered without objection; the judge found Williams mentally competent to plead and accepted the plea as voluntary. The court informed Williams that deferred probation could be shortened to one‑third of the term upon satisfactory compliance and warned that failure could result in revocation and a prison term up to the statutory maximum.
The court directed Williams to see the probation officer for the conditions and closed the matter for present purposes.
