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187th District Court Accepts Deferred Adjudication Plea for Shannon Anderson
Summary
Judge Stephanie Boyd accepted a plea agreement in State v. Shannon Anderson, granting a 10-year deferred adjudication and ordering supervision conditions including treatment evaluation, community service and no contact with the complainant.
Judge Stephanie Boyd of the 187th District Court accepted a plea agreement for Shannon Anderson in cause 02/2023 CR 9710, finding sufficient evidence to defer a finding of guilt and placing Anderson on deferred adjudication.
The plea covers count 2, robbery, a second-degree felony carrying a punishment range of two to 20 years in prison and a possible $10,000 fine. The court accepted the parties’ agreement that the state proceed on count 2, assessed a $2,000 fine (to be probated), and granted the recommendation of deferred adjudication for a term of 10 years.
The plea agreement includes multiple supervision conditions the court described on the record: a TAP (treatment assessment and planning) evaluation; 200 hours of community-service restitution (which the court said could be satisfied by approved parenting classes once completed); no contact with the complainant; monthly field visits for six months; regular reporting to probation by Zoom or in person; random urine analyses (UAs); proof of employment within 30 days and a prohibition on working in home health care or any position involving minors while on supervision; and restitution as appropriate. The court also ordered 60 sober meetings in 60 days and said that if probation recommends inpatient treatment, the participant would begin with intensive outpatient treatment.
Defense counsel told the court the defendant had accepted responsibility and emphasized family ties; the court asked the defendant to be honest with probation about substance use. The defendant waived the right to appeal the plea, and Judge Boyd warned that a withdrawal right exists if the court does not follow the plea but that the court was accepting the plea as presented. After stating the conditions and admonishments in court, Judge Boyd said, “Do better.”
The court recorded that the state recommended deferred adjudication and that the defendant had knowingly and voluntarily waived rights—including the right to a jury trial and certain appeal rights—before the court accepted the stipulation of evidence and deferred the finding of guilt.
The case was addressed in open court with the probation officer present to implement reporting and treatment conditions. The transcript does not record any subsequent formal sentencing beyond the deferred adjudication order and the supervision terms described above.
