Judge Boyd accepts pleas, issues sentences and denies bond reduction in multiple felony cases

SAN ANTONIO — Judge Stephanie Boyd of the 187th District Court handled multiple pleas, sentencing events and a bond request on Feb. 20, producing several felony convictions, probation terms and one denied bond-reduction motion.

The court accepted a guilty plea from Darren Doze in cause 20220493 to aggravated assault causing serious bodily injury. After confirming Doze read and understood the plea documents, Judge Boyd followed the plea agreement by suspending an eight-year prison term and placing Doze on community supervision for eight years, with a $1,500 fine to be probated. The court entered an affirmative finding of family violence and ordered a no-contact directive involving the identified complainant. The court also imposed mandated reporting, random drug testing and several treatment and service conditions, including a Batterer’s Intervention and Prevention Program (BIPP), a TAP evaluation, a cognitive behavioral course and field visits. The judge told Doze: "If you come before me again ... we're gonna have issues," when discussing future anger-related conduct.

Defense counsel told the court the plea agreement was…