Bexar County dockets: multiple pleas, revocations and sentences handed down

Judge Stephanie Boyd presided over a crowded criminal docket that included pleas, revocations and sentencing decisions affecting multiple defendants, ranging from prison terms after revoked supervision to deferred adjudication with treatment referrals.

The court repeatedly emphasized treatment and evaluation options alongside custodial sentences, directing several defendants toward felony drug court, therapeutic-community placements or TAP evaluations while imposing fines, restitution and reporting requirements where the plea agreements called for them.

The most consequential public outcomes included a revocation and prison sentence after a defendant admitted a supervision violation; guilty pleas that produced prison terms and fines in felony cases; deferred-adjudication orders tied to treatment evaluations; and at least one dismissal for lack of a witness. Below are the case-by-case outcomes the court announced on the record.

Elliot Scott Vela — revocation and prison: Judge Boyd found a violation of community-supervision conditions true after Vela pleaded "true" to the motion to revoke and, after Vela said he preferred treatment but the court weighed options, sentenced him to three years in prison with credit for time served. The court also ordered a referral to a therapeutic community and noted a waiver of appeal linked to a plea-bargain certification. The court placed “no contact” restrictions on…