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Multiple pleas and probation conditions set in Bexar County session; jury acquits Simon Alexander Garza of manslaughter
Summary
The 187th District Court handled several pleas and sentencing terms — including suspended prison time, probation requirements and fines — reset a probation revocation for evaluation, and saw a jury find Simon Alexander Garza not guilty of manslaughter.
The 187th District Court in Bexar County resolved several cases at a single session and recorded a not‑guilty verdict in a high‑profile manslaughter charge.
The judge accepted a plea for Luis Salinas to a controlled‑substance count and imposed a two‑year prison sentence that was suspended in favor of three years of community supervision. The judge described conditions that will govern Salinas’s supervision: an $800 fine to be probated, 300 hours of community‑service restitution (with deductions for completing a GED or trade certification and for sober‑support meetings), regular random urine analyses, and an evaluation for felony drug court. “All drugs are dangerous, but fentanyl is especially dangerous,” the judge said while explaining the…
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