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252nd District Court docket: pleas, probation sanctions and a bond condition change
Summary
At a regular docket call, the judge reset many cases, accepted several guilty pleas with deferred probation or fines, amended one defendant's bond by removing GPS monitoring while banning firearms, and ordered a 120‑day custodial sanction as part of continued probation in a revocation matter.
A judge in the 252nd District Court conducted a routine docket call in which numerous defendants either sought more time to hire private counsel or entered plea agreements and received case resets or sentencing orders.
The court repeatedly instructed defendants who had posted bond to try to hire private attorneys or, if they could not, to visit with at least three lawyers, note fees and payment plans and bring receipts or the court's reset notice to the next appearance. "You need to bring me that information. Write it down," the judge said when directing one defendant to document who he spoke to and how much they charge.
Several defendants pleaded guilty under negotiated agreements and had their matters reset for pre‑sentence reports. Samuel Kadena pleaded guilty to abandoning or endangering a child and the judge reset the case for a probation department pre‑sentence investigation before sentencing. Jace Dunn pleaded guilty to solicitation and prostitution under a…
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