252nd District Court accepts multiple pleas and sentences, several defendants reject offers and cases set for trial

The 252nd District Court accepted a series of plea agreements and entered sentences in multiple matters, and it also set several other cases for trial after defendants rejected plea offers.

Sentences and plea acceptances recorded on the docket included: - Brandon Bruno (cause 24 DCCR 1476): pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated, 3rd or more; the court found him guilty and sentenced him under the agreement to five years in the institutional division of the Texas Department of Corrections. The sentence will run concurrently with an out-of-county case cited on the record (B180617CR).

- Jacoby Lawrence (cause 24 DCCR 2362): the state elected to proceed on count 1 as the lesser included offense of terroristic threat of a public servant (class A misdemeanor). Lawrence pleaded guilty and was sentenced under the agreement to 12 months in county jail.

- Nya (Naya) Miller (cause 24 DCCR 2227): pleaded guilty to unauthorized use of a vehicle (state-jail felony) and, under the agreement, the court deferred adjudication for three years (deferred probation) and ordered a $500 fine.

- Molly Yest (cause 24 DCCR 0326): pleaded guilty to a state-jail felony theft offense with prior convictions; the court followed the agreement and sentenced her to 12 months in Jefferson County jail under section 1244 of the penal code (as stated on the record).

- Marlon Bob (cause 22-40174): the state proceeded on specified allegations in a motion to revoke unadjudicated probation; Bob pleaded true to counts the state pursued and the judge found him guilty, sentencing him to 180 days in state jail prison.

- Ramon Como (two causes, including 24 DCCR 1484 and 24 DCCR 1486): the court accepted plea agreements finding Como guilty of two counts of unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon (third-degree felonies) and sentenced him to 10 years in the institutional division on each count, suspending those sentences and placing him on 10 years' probation with $500 fines in each case; the court also ordered high-medium caseload supervision.

Revocations and plea rejections leading to trial settings or resets: - Devin Thomas (cause 24 DCCR 1588): rejected a district-attorney offer and the court set a bond-reduction hearing and then placed the case on the trial docket; the judge noted an offered 40-year term by the state that the defendant declined.

- Salvador Gomez (causes 24 DCCR 1651, 1652, 1653): the court placed the matters on the trial docket after indicating the state was not offering terms in the first two cases; the defense and court discussed punishment election versus jury trial options.

- Raul Carino (cause 24 DCCR 2350): rejected a 40-year offer and had counsel changes; the court appointed new counsel to prepare for trial and set the matter for the trial docket.

- Howard Celestine (multiple causes including 24 DCCR 0919, 1549, 1550): the defendant rejected the offers described on the record (including a concurrent 45-year term in related counts) and the court set the cases for trial; the state noted it would file motions to stack sentences as allowed under law.

Other docket activity: the court dealt with motions to revoke (e.g., Deandre Thomas: pleas of true to multiple alleged probation violations and an agreement sentencing him to a 4-year TDCJ term), interpreter oaths, counsel replacements, and routine resets to permit discovery review or video evidence playback.

Why it matters: The expressed plea agreements, accepted sentences and multiple trial settings move many cases substantially closer to final resolution and reshape defendants' custody and supervision status, including several long probation terms and institutional commitments.