The 451st District Court was in full swing Thursday morning as Fourth Administrative Judicial Region Judge Sid Harle ran through the felony docket, overseeing plea deals and issuing warrants for those who failed to make their court date.
Law enforcement will now be on the lookout for five individuals who failed to appear for their felony hearings. Warrants were issued for each.
Timothy Crowder failed to appear for a third-degree felony offense of evading arrest or detention with a vehicle, Jacob Rose was set for a status hearing on two state jail felony charges of mail theft and fraudulent possession or use of a credit or debit card, Julio Baeza was set to be arraigned on a state jail felony offense for possessing between 4 ounces and 5 pounds of marijuana and Bradley Stanton failed to appear for his status conference on a state jail felony charge for possessing less than a gram of a Penalty Group 1 substance.
Elizabeth Norton now will have a warrant out for her arrest after she failed to appear for her motion to revoke bond on two third-degree felonies for evading arrest with a vehicle and bail jumping. The irony of her second charge was not lost on the judge as he noted the defendant was being charged with bail jumping and failed to appear for her motion to revoke bond.
During a later docket, Michael Archibald failed to appear for his final status conference on two state jail felonies of possession of two Penalty Group 1 substances and a first-degree felony charge of manufacture and delivery of a Penalty Group 2 substance between 4 and 400 grams. Harle said the defendant may have been tipped off to a motion to revoke his bond.
“He may have got a heads up since there’s a motion to revoke bond,” Harle said. “He’s going to make it easy this way.”
Several pleas were reached as trials encroached, and defense attorneys bargained for the best deal.
Alan Rodriguez Campos, 35, of San Antonio, pleaded guilty to a third-degree felony or possession of a between 1 and 4 grams of a Penalty Group 1 substance. Rodriguez pleaded guilty to the charge and was sentenced to two years in state prison.
The nearly 10 months he served in jail awaiting trial will be credited to his prison sentence, and Harle waived a $2,000 fine assessed in his punishment noting his extended jail custody would leave him indigent.
There was a bit of housekeeping to be done before the judge could move on Rodriguez’s trial, however, as Rodriguez was found to be incompetent by a doctor earlier in his case. While the defense had the same doctor find him competent later, Harle said Rodriguez had a right to a trial to restore his competency status. To avoid any future headaches, the judge had the hearing on the record and addressed all of the competency history.
Richard Aaron Mendoza, 20, of San Antonio, pleaded guilty to the third-degree felony charge of evading arrest or detention with a motor vehicle and was sentenced to the minimum prison term for such a charge, which his two years. He was also assessed a $1,500 fine. Mendoza was arrested March 31 and has remained in the jail since.
Sarah Williams, 28, of New Braunfels, pleaded guilty to the third-degree felony for possessing between 1 and 4 grams of a Penalty Group 1 substance. Williams was sentenced to five years in state prison, and the nearly 11 months she served in the Kendal County jail will be credited toward her sentence. She was arrested Aug. 9 of last year on five charges, including the charge she pleaded guilty to.
A 42-year-old Boerne resident, Edward Hinesley, was sentenced to five years in state prison after he pleaded guilty to possessing between 1 and 4 grams of a controlled substance, which is a third-degree felony. Hinesley was also sentenced to six months in prison for an unauthorized absence from a community correction facility, which is a state jail felony, but his two prison sentences will run concurrently. Hinesley’s charges were relatively recent and moved through the courts quicker than most as he was arrested just over a month before on May 11.
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