Judge Stephanie Boyd, presiding judge of the 187th District Court, on the record in Bexar County on Aug. 20, accepted Hank Maldonado’s no-contest pleas and sentenced him to 12 months in a state jail facility on each case, to run concurrently.

The sentence followed the court’s announcement that “the state is opposed to your application,” and the judge told Maldonado that because he had waived appeal rights under the plea agreement, he did not have permission to appeal. The judge also ordered restitution and a no-contact condition with two named individuals and advised Maldonado that, as a felony, the convictions bar him from owning or possessing weapons or ammunition.

The court and counsel reviewed the presentence investigation report during the hearing. A probation officer told the court, “Meeting the PSI seems that mister Maldonado is still in denial about certain things,” including his history of drug use and failures to appear. Defense counsel David McLean argued for probation, saying, “I think he could be successful on probation. I do. He’s got a business,” and asked the court to consider deferred adjudication.

Judge Boyd recited Maldonado’s criminal history on the record and cited multiple prior controlled-substance arrests, a prior revocation that led to a two-year sentence, and a 2011 vehicle burglary sentence. The judge said Maldonado’s failure to appear for earlier court dates weighed against granting probation and found incarceration appropriate under the parties’ plea agreement: “In each cause number, the court is gonna find you guilty, sending you to 12 months in the state jail facility. The cause numbers were run concurrently.”

The court further noted the plea paperwork had been reviewed with Maldonado—“Did you review the documents entitled trial court certification of defendant’s rights to appeal in each of these cause numbers?”—to which Maldonado replied, “Yes, I did, judge.” The judge reminded him of collateral consequences, including the weapons prohibition and the waiver of appeal, and recommended therapeutic-community programming as part of the court record.

No formal motion for appeal or post-sentencing action was granted at the hearing. Maldonado was advised of the sentence, conditions, and the court’s expectations before the session concluded.