187th District Court issues multiple pleas, sentences and remands during packed docket

SAN ANTONIO — The 187th District Court, presided over by Judge Stephanie Boyd, handled a full criminal docket that produced multiple guilty findings, sentences and procedural orders on a range of cases from plea agreements to revoked community supervision.

Judge Boyd opened and controlled the proceedings, calling each matter in turn and instructing parties to appear when their names were called. Several defendants either entered pleas the court accepted or were found to have violated terms of community supervision and were sentenced.

Among the more significant outcomes, the court followed plea agreements or revoked supervision and imposed prison terms in several cases. Dylan Jacob Skinner — who had earlier entered a no-contest plea — was sentenced under the plea agreement; the court imposed four years in prison, an affirmative finding of family violence and a $1,500 fine, and ordered no contact with the victim. Dylan Skinner addressed the court and said, "I apologize for the court and my family," before the sentence was imposed.

The court granted a state motion and revoked community supervision in the case of David Jamar Jones, following pleas of true to alleged supervision violations; the judge imposed a one-year term in the state jail facility under the negotiated disposition.

In another revocation hearing, the court found Joe Angel Gutierrez in violation of his supervision and sentenced him to 10 years in prison after hearing testimony and argument from counsel.

The court accepted plea agreements in other matters. Leonardo Bologna pleaded no contest and the court imposed an 11-month state-jail sentence with a $1,500 fine; the court also handled Angela Redwine’s plea and — following the state’s recommendations and the court’s review — imposed a six-year sentence that the court suspended and placed on community supervision with conditions including random UAs, parenting classes and restitution if owed.

The judge handled multiple scheduling and administrative matters as well: several docketed defendants who failed to answer their dockets were remanded without bond (the court ordered remand in multiple matters where defendants did not appear), a bench warrant for Dimitric Cavers was cancelled after the court was advised he remained in federal custody, and jury-trial and plea-deadline dates were set in other matters (for example, a jury trial date was set for July 8 in one contested case after the defendant rejected a state offer).

Probation staff and prosecutors gave evidence and recommendations in revocation hearings. Probation officer Carrie Brown testified about repeated failures to report in one supervision matter when the court considered whether revocation was warranted.

The court repeatedly reminded counsel and defendants of administrative requirements — interpreters, counsel contact, timely filing — and set multiple reset and reporting dates tied to probation or early-termination reviews. On multiple early-termination requests (for example, Felipe Salazar and others), the court instructed probation to submit a May 1 early-termination recommendation and said the court would sign off if no issues were reported by that date.

Decisions at a glance

- Dylan Jacob Skinner — Outcome: sentencing under plea agreement; sentence: 4 years in prison; fine: $1,500; affirmative findings: family violence and deadly weapon; no contact order; therapeutic-community recommendation. (Case identifiers: not specified.)

- David Jamar Jones — Outcome: revocation of community supervision; sentence: 1 year in state jail facility (per plea/agreement). (Case identifiers: not specified.)

- Joe Angel Gutierrez — Outcome: revocation of community supervision; sentence: 10 years in prison. (Case identifiers: not specified.)

- Leonardo Bologna — Outcome: accepted plea; sentence: 11 months in state-jail facility; fine: $1,500; restitution to vendor (if any). (Case identifiers: not specified.)

- Angela Redwine — Outcome: accepted plea; sentence: 6 years in prison suspended and placed on community supervision (conditions include TAP evaluation, parenting classes, community service/restoration conditions and no contact with identified person). (Case identifiers: not specified.)

- Dimitric Cavers — Outcome: bench warrant cancelled after court was told he remained in federal custody. (Case identifiers: not specified.)

- Multiple docket no-shows — Outcome: the court ordered remand without bond for defendants who did not answer the docket (examples named in court record include Alfredo Vasquez Jr. and others). (Case identifiers: not specified.)

- Scheduling and resets — The court set plea-deadline and trial dates (including a July 8 jury date in a case where the defendant rejected an offer) and recalled several matters for March/April status and evaluation updates (for example Veterans Treatment Court referrals and TAP evaluations).

Why it matters

The 187th District Court’s rulings included several custodial sentences and revocations that will have immediate effects on the named defendants and ongoing probation caseloads. The docket also shows the court using early-termination review dates and supervision conditions as tools to balance rehabilitation and public-safety concerns.

What’s next

Several matters were continued for follow-up — including probation early-termination submissions due May 1, plea-deadline dates in late March, and jury-trial calendars this summer. Where the court ordered credit for time served or recommended therapeutic-community placement, the ultimate implementation of treatment programming will depend on correctional-affiliate placement decisions and probation follow-up.

(See "Decisions at a glance" above for case-level outcomes and conditions.)

Quote examples from the record

"When I call the docket, you need to let me know that you're here. Otherwise, I'm going to assume you're not here and a warrant may be issued for your arrest," Judge Stephanie Boyd said while calling the docket.

Dylan Jacob Skinner told the court: "I apologize for the court of my family. I never thought I'd go to this for all the things that I've done... I apologize."