Judge Boyd Accepts Plea, Grants 3-Year Deferred Adjudication to Valerie Marino

Judge Stephanie Boyd accepted a plea and placed Valerie Marino on three years of deferred adjudication, imposing a mix of financial restitution, community service and probation conditions.

At the hearing the state and defense announced readiness and the court reviewed the plea papers on the record. The judge recited the terms: a deferred adjudication disposition of three years; a $1,000 fine probated; a remaining restitution balance of $1,164.08 (after a $600 payment made in court); 100 hours of community-service restitution (deemed satisfied upon completion of ordered parenting classes); regular reporting by Zoom or in person; regular random UAs; and proof of employment within 45 days or full-time school enrollment. The court also ordered no employment as a home-health-care provider or work with minors and one field visit per month for six months.

Defense counsel and the defendant told the court Marino is a mother of four (ages given on the record) and is enrolling in dental assistant training. The judge asked about childcare and was told the children’s father would care for the youngest child while Marino attends evening classes.

Counsel told the court Marino had already provided $600 in good-faith payment toward restitution; the court credited that payment at sentencing and set the remaining balance as stated. The court invited the probation officer to coordinate reporting expectations and emphasized that communication with probation is necessary; the judge also recited the trial-court certification of defendant’s rights to appeal and explained that, because this plea included an appellate waiver, the court’s adherence to the negotiated plea was binding and appeal rights were limited.

The judge ordered standard conditions tied to an affirmative probation disposition, including parenting classes and periodic field visits, and closed by reminding Marino to bring issues about probation to the court if probation does not address them.

Valerie Marino (defendant) — as reflected in the plea and sentencing record — will return to probation supervision under the conditions described above; the court set a recall/monitoring date as required by local practice.