Steven Flores pleads; court imposes nine-month state-jail term and $2,000 fine, recommends therapeutic community
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Summary
Steven Daniel Flores Jr. pleaded pursuant to a plea bargain and the court sentenced him to nine months in state jail, a $2,000 fine and recommended placement in a therapeutic community program; defendant waived a PSI and appeal rights as recorded.
Steven Daniel Flores Jr., appearing before the 187th District Court, entered a plea under a plea bargain and was sentenced to nine months in a state-jail facility, with credit for time served and a $2,000 fine. The court recommended placement in a therapeutic community as part of the disposition and ordered no contact restrictions at a specified address.
Defense counsel advised the court that discovery had been reviewed and the defendant waived formal reading of the indictment and other rights tied to a jury trial. The court admonished Flores regarding the range of punishment, appellate waiver language and collateral immigration consequences. The plea agreement set punishment at nine months in the state jail facility, and the court accepted the stipulations and admitted the state’s exhibits into evidence for the purposes of the plea.
The court accepted the plea and imposed the sentence, crediting Flores for time served and noting the court’s recommendation that he be placed in a therapeutic community. The judge also advised that the therapeutic-program placement is not guaranteed by the court and instructed the defendant to seek help and programming while incarcerated and to contact the court upon release if transitional housing or services are needed.
The recording shows the usual plea admonishments (rights waived, consequences for weapons possession after a felony) and the court’s statement that because this was a plea bargain and the defendant waived appeal rights the court would not grant permission to appeal.
