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Defendant linked to cockfighting pleads; court orders probation, treatment and $326 payment to an animal charity
Summary
Marcial Diaz Briceno pleaded and the court accepted probation instead of deferred adjudication, ordering community supervision with treatment, community service restitution, a $500 fine and a $326 payment to an animal charity linked to seized funds.
Marcial (Briceno Diaz) appeared with an interpreter and the court reviewed plea documents in English and Spanish. The defendant faced a state-jail-felony charge for participating in cockfighting; his plea and stipulations were reviewed, and the court declined deferred adjudication but sentenced him to two years in state jail suspended and probated for two years with conditions of probation, a $500 fine and 120 hours of community service restitution (60 hours satisfied by MRT/PAWS completion).
The judge ordered specific animal-care conditions, field visits and a requirement that the defendant not obtain new pets; the court also ordered the seized sum ($326) to be paid to an animal charity unless a legal objection is provided.
