Catherine Marie Flores entered a no-contest plea in Bexar County court on Sept. 24, 2022, to a class A misdemeanor assault charge, the court record shows. The state moved to waive a peace-officer enhancement and proceed on the misdemeanor; Flores and counsel acknowledged reviewing discovery and waiving a jury trial.

Court officials told Flores she faced up to one year in Bexar County Jail and a fine of up to $4,000 if the court rejected the plea. Prosecutor Megan Galloway told the court the state was recommending community supervision. Defense counsel confirmed Flores had reviewed the plea paperwork and the waiver-of-appeal language and that Flores understood she was giving up the right to a jury trial and to confront witnesses.

During the plea colloquy, the court read the range of punishment and reviewed constitutional rights Flores was waiving, including the right to a jury trial, the right to cross-examine witnesses, and the right to remain silent. The plea form and indictment were discussed on the record and Flores said she understood the terms and signed the forms.

The court noted the state’s recommendation — community supervision with conditions including a mental-health evaluation, completion of a hostility-management course, 200 hours of community service restitution (with 50 hours satisfiable by parenting classes), random UAs and monthly field visits for two months — and clarified the court was not required to follow those recommendations. The court accepted the plea colloquy and ordered the recommended conditions as part of Flores’s disposition.

No testimony was presented for this plea proceeding; defense counsel observed a change in the standard intake paperwork (the citizenship checkbox) and the court confirmed forms had been updated. The clerk confirmed the entry and indicated the next scheduled administrative steps for Flores.