Judge Stephanie Boyd handles pleas, probation terms and referrals in multi-case docket; veterans and drug-court referrals ordered

Judge Stephanie Boyd convened the 187th District Court docket on Jan. 27, hearing a mix of plea deadlines, probation compliance hearings and sentencing matters that produced several deferred-adjudication orders, jail sentences and program referrals.

Most immediately consequential, the court accepted plea agreements and made sentencing decisions or set sentencing for a number of defendants, and ordered treatment- and supervision-related referrals intended to keep people engaged in treatment rather than incarcerated when the record and plea agreements allowed.

Among the outcomes: Amanda Drummond was placed on deferred adjudication probation with treatment requirements; Waverly Whitlock’s plea of true on a supervision violation led to adjudication and a 180‑day Bexar County jail term under the parties’ agreement; Leslie Myers was found true on a violation that carried an affirmative family‑violence finding and the court announced a custodial sentence range; and Christopher Morrison was given a probationary disposition with transfer and referral to a veterans treatment court.

The court session also included routine docket management: numerous cases were reset for plea‑deadline dates or for further work on discovery; the judge reminded attorneys about courtroom procedures and alerted the bar that a portrait unveiling and retirement event for Judge Carruthers would affect the calendar midweek.

Key case outcomes and directions

Amanda Drummond — possession (penalty group 1, 1–4 grams): Judge Boyd accepted a plea that carried a recommendation of deferred adjudication and ordered a TAP evaluation before sentencing. The court placed Drummond on deferred adjudication probation for six years, ordered regular reporting (monthly to start), random UAs, field visits once per month, 120 sober meetings in the first 120 days after release, and a…