The presiding judge in the 252nd District Court accepted multiple guilty pleas and set sentencing or trial preparation dates for the named defendants.

Defense counsel announced a guilty plea from a defendant charged with intoxication manslaughter and a separate DWI with a child passenger; the judge confirmed the pleas were entered freely and voluntarily, corrected conflicting paperwork checkboxes related to appeal waivers, and reset the matters for sentencing and pre-sentence report work.

Ryan Hodge waived formal indictment reading and entered a plea to evading arrest or detention with a vehicle; the court found Hodge’s plea voluntary, accepted an agreement for a 10-year deferred probation and a $500 fine, and emphasized that because Hodge admitted to prior felony convictions the statutory minimum punishment on violation could be substantially higher (the judge told Hodge the minimum punishment he could face for violation was 25 years).

Monique Winn pleaded guilty to state-jail-felony theft of property; the judge accepted the plea, noted credit for prior holds and transfers among counties, and scheduled sentencing for Friday, Jan. 9 at 08:30 a.m., warning that failure to appear could void the plea agreement. The court instructed defendants to talk to probation and counsel and to bring required paperwork to sentencing.

The judge also handled multiple docket housekeeping items — correcting paperwork where necessary and setting trial or plea dockets for other defendants appearing that morning. All actions recorded were procedural dispositions on the record and reserved permanent sentencing to forthcoming hearings.