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Judge Boyd accepts pleas and imposes sentences or deferred adjudication in multiple cases
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Summary
In the 187th District Court, Judge Stephanie Boyd accepted several plea agreements: one defendant received deferred adjudication with a $1,000 probated fine, another was sentenced to 112 days in jail, and a third received a suspended 10-year sentence with probation and conditions. Court also reset an evaluation date for a separate case.
Judge Stephanie Boyd accepted a no-contest plea and ordered deferred adjudication in State of Texas v. Teresa Ortiz, the court said during an April calendar call. The judge advised Ortiz that the charge was possession of a controlled substance (penalty group 1, less than 1 gram), described the statutory punishment range (180 days to two years in state jail and up to $10,000 in fines), and warned about collateral immigration consequences. The court accepted the plea and, consistent with the agreement, ordered two years deferred adjudication and a $1,000 probated fine, regular reporting and treatment evaluations.
In a separate matter, the court called State v. Kevin Crotty. After counsel announced appearances and the defendant waived reading of the indictment, the court reviewed admonishments, received the state's exhibits, and found sufficient evidence to accept the plea. The judge imposed a custodial term of 112 days in the Bexar County jail and marked the judgment satisfied once conditions were met.
Later in the afternoon the court took a plea in State v. Dennis Johnson for unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon. Defense counsel Cornelius Cox told the court the defendant waived a live appearance and consented to plea by video. The court accepted the defendant ———
no-contest plea, admitted the state's exhibits and pronounced sentence. The court assessed 10 years but suspended and probated 8 years, ordered TAP evaluation, 200 hours community service or completion of trade-school certification to satisfy community service, restitution, random UA testing, and no possession of firearms or ammunition; several conditions were ordered concurrent with an existing probation case.
The judge also handled a scheduling request in an unrelated case (Edward Castillo), agreeing to reset a required evaluation to late May after counsel said the provider would not accept new clients until May because of staffing and capacity constraints. The court indicated it would bring the case back earlier if the program could accommodate an earlier start.
All plea and sentencing actions were taken on the record. The court repeatedly reminded defendants that plea agreements do not bind the court and that waiving a right to appeal limits appellate remedies to specified pretrial motions.
