Bexar County 187th District: multiple pleas accepted, one probation revocation, and judge's warrants issued

The 187th District Court, presided over by Judge Stephanie Boyd, called a long docket on Oct. 30 in a hybrid (in-person and Zoom) session that produced multiple plea acceptances, sentencing orders and administrative resets.

The most consequential dispositions included an 8-year prison sentence for Jorge Antonio Zuniga after he pleaded to aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, a one-year jail sentence after the court adjudicated and revoked probation for Luis Gonzalo Gomez, and a deferred-adjudication disposition and conditions ordered for several defendants where the court accepted stipulations in lieu of live testimony.

Why this matters: the court’s actions will directly affect the custody status and supervision conditions of multiple local defendants, and several cases were reset with firm plea-deadline dates that affect calendar workloads for prosecutors, defense counsel and probation.

Jorge Zuniga — 8 years, deadly-weapon finding The court called 2025CR (recorded in the transcript as the matter for Jorge Antonio Zuniga). Zuniga pleaded guilty (the state proceeded on count 1), and the court accepted the state’s exhibits and stipulations in evidence. After the colloquy, Judge Boyd sentenced Zuniga to eight years in prison, imposed a $1,500 fine and entered an affirmative finding that a deadly weapon was used; the court also ordered no contact with Carlos Lujan. The state indicated an affirmative finding of family violence in the record.

Luis Gonzalo Gomez — probation revoked; one year in jail In Gomez’s probation-revocation hearing (2023CR1868), the defendant pleaded true to two allegations that he failed to report to his supervision officer across multiple months in 2024–2025. With no agreed resolution, the court found the violations true, adjudicated guilt, revoked community supervision and sentenced Gomez to one year in the Bexar County Jail and a $4,000 fine. The court included standard conditions such as no-contact with the victim and restrictions on residing in households with minors until further notice.

Deferred adjudication and conditions in multiple matters The court accepted no-contest pleas and stipulations in several cases and deferred findings of guilt to impose community supervision or deferred adjudication with conditions. Examples included Robert Luis Marino II, where the court accepted no-contest pleas in two cause numbers and deferred finding guilt while addressing the state’s written opposition; and Francisco Dela Rosa, where the state recommended deferred adjudication with an affirmative family-violence finding and noncontact order (a $1,500 fine was discussed and the parties queried whether it would be probated).

Sentencing and treatment conditions for Desiree Castro The court addressed positive drug tests at sentencing for Desiree Castro and imposed a package of conditions focused on treatment and supervision: a prorated $2,000 fine, regular reporting (in-person or by Zoom), random UAs, six years of deferred adjudication, 200 hours of community service restitution (100 hours eligible to be satisfied by parenting classes), field visits, parenting classes, referral to felony drug court or a TAP evaluation (and following TAP recommendations if drug court does not accept the defendant), and a requirement of 40 sober meetings in 40 days. The judge directed that the custody/placement consequences and program referrals be implemented promptly.

Administrative orders, discovery and plea-deadline resets Multiple defense counsel and the state reported discovery issues; the court directed parties to use an external hard drive for large CPS/discovery files where necessary and set or confirmed plea-deadline/reset dates. Several matters were reset to Oct. 30 or early December (commonly Dec. 2–4) for further proceedings or plea deadlines.

Failures to appear and warrants For defendants who failed to appear (including entries for Billy Joe Reynolds and Randy Gonzales), the state requested bond forfeiture and a judge’s warrant. The court issued judge’s warrants and remanded those defendants without bond, reserving reconsideration only if the person appears in court.

Process notes and next steps Judge Boyd emphasized adherence to calendar procedure for off-docket matters and reminded counsel that continuances require filings or a motion on the record. The court gave firm instructions on how discovery should be exchanged and set multiple recall/reset dates to manage pending pleas and contested matters.

Provenance: this article is based on the Oct. 30 docket call recorded in the 187th District Court transcript (calls beginning near the court call at 05:41 into the recording and probations/revocations later in the docket).