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Judge revokes Eric Cantu’s community supervision and sentences him to two years in prison
Summary
In a contested motion-to-revoke hearing, the 187th District Court found violations true in two cases against Eric Cantu (2024CR1237, 2024CR1238) and sentenced him to two years in prison to run concurrently, with credit for time served and conditions including no contact with the complainant and a request for mental-health placement.
The 187th District Court revoked Eric Cantu’s community supervision and sentenced him to two years in prison after finding alleged violations true in two motions to revoke, the court said during a contested hearing. The rulings apply to cause numbers 2024CR1237 and 2024CR1238 and will run concurrently.
The state asked the court to grant its motion to revoke and return Mr. Cantu to his underlying sentence. The prosecutor argued that the text-message exhibits (state exhibits 16–22) undermined the defense’s account of why Mr. Cantu went to the complainant’s home and characterized the conduct as family violence, saying in argument that the messages showed anger and accusations rather than concern for a child.
Defense counsel urged the court to…
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