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187th District Court handles guilty verdict, multiple pleas and probation orders in routine docket
Summary
Judge Stephanie Boyd’s docket included the verdict and sentencing in State v. Marco Moreno Vasquez plus multiple plea hearings, deferred-adjudication orders and probation-modification matters for other defendants.
The 187th District Court in Bexar County handled a full criminal docket that included the guilty verdict and punishment phase in State v. Marco Moreno Vasquez and a series of separate plea and probation matters.
Alongside the Vasquez trial conclusion, the court addressed deferred-adjudication and plea applications in numerous cases. In one plea the court accepted deferred adjudication with a $1,000 probated fine and related conditions; in other matters the court handled violations of felony-drug-court requirements and ordered sanction-track placements (ISF/ISP) and aftercare where probation recommended such alternatives. The court also accepted guilty pleas and imposed a mix of suspended sentences, probation terms, fines and short jail terms in several cases.
Examples from the calendar included a violation hearing in which the court found a defendant in contempt of a drug-court condition and discussed placement in an intermediate-sanctions facility and re-referral to felony drug court; a separate plea in which a defendant received two years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice as part of an agreed resolution; and a manufacturing/delivery case in which the court imposed a nine-year sentence following a negotiated plea. In each plea the judge reviewed admonishments and the limited right to appeal that accompanies many negotiated plea agreements.
The court also scheduled numerous follow-up dates and instructed parties to ensure discovery and paperwork were complete for future settings. The docket reflected routine criminal-court business: hearings on motions to revoke community supervision, discovery conferrals, plea deadlines, and short resets for contested hearings and sentencing reports.
Because many items were resolved by plea agreements, the court repeatedly reminded defendants that plea bargains limit appeal rights and that compliance with probation conditions — such as UA reporting and community-service requirements — would be enforced.
