Judge Stephanie Boyd processes multiple pleas, revocations and sentences in 187th District docket

Judge Stephanie Boyd presided over a busy docket call in the 187th District Court, handling discovery issues, pleas, revocation hearings and sentencing for a slate of defendants.

The court accepted a no-contest plea from Fabian Rodriguez (2025 CR8335) and, after receiving stipulated evidence, found sufficient proof to adjudicate guilt and sentenced him to five years in prison, with restitution to Raina Gabriella Hernandez noted. In a related matter (2022 CR7965) the court found violations true for Fabian Ray Rodriguez, revoked community supervision and followed the parties’ agreement to sentence him to five years, to run concurrent with the 2025 cause.

Jamie Wilson (2026 CR00006817) waived indictment reading and consented to stipulations; the court accepted the plea and sentenced Wilson to two years in prison with a $1,000 fine and conditions including no unsupervised contact with minors. Jesse Arguo III (2026 CR00002552) proceeded on a lesser-included offense; the state recommended deferred adjudication and the court deferred finding of guilt and imposed supervision terms including TAP evaluation, community service and treatment requirements.

The court found multiple violations true in Clinton Kamacho’s file (2024 CR5226) but did not immediately impose a final sanction; defense asked the court to consider veterans court or continued probation and the judge recalled the matter for further inquiry and scheduling.

At least one revocation proceeding (2022 CR5498W, Jose Carvajal) resulted in the court granting the state’s motion, finding alleged violations true and imposing a custodial term with a recommendation for therapeutic community placement. Jennifer Amber Tjo Hernandez had one motion to revoke denied but, on a separate underlying felony, was sentenced to four years’ probation with treatment referrals and a restitution hearing set.

Other significant outcomes included a deferred-adjudication disposition for Gary Anders after the defendant elected that option rather than immediate sentence; concurrent pleas and a suspended two-year state-jail sentence with probationary terms for Luis Venegas Jr.; a short custodial term imposed on David Martinez (113 days); and concurrent pleas and mixed punishments for Jessica Suarez, including an affirmative family-violence finding on one cause and a six-year prison term imposed on another cause in the same docket call.

The judge used the hearing to emphasize compliance with probation conditions and the court’s willingness to refer eligible defendants to treatment/felony drug court or veterans/mental-health specialty dockets but warned that failures to comply may result in revocation and custodial sanctions. Multiple matters were reset for specific plea-deadline or trial dates (for example, Montes’ jury trial was set for June 1) and several discovery recalls were set (notably a 45-day recall to July 6 for missing ballistics/DNA discovery in a matter discussed early in the docket).

Court staff and counsel were routinely instructed to provide missing lab or ballistics reports to defense counsel and to coordinate referrals when specialty-court placement was requested. The docket produced a mix of treatment-focused dispositions and prison sentences reflecting varied judicial responses based on offense history, prior compliance and proposed rehabilitative plans.

The court will reconvene or revisit several matters on the dates set on the record; many defendants received specific reporting, treatment and no-contact conditions as part of the dispositions recorded during the hearing.