"I'm Not Used To Being Bossed Around!" Judge Sends Entitled Man To Prison

[00:00:00] Speaker 1: Everybody always comes in, and I say everybody, and 99% of the people come in, I have a baby on the way. And you know, my mindset is always, why were you not thinking about that before you picked up a new case? [00:00:11] Speaker 2: He thought a budding music career and a baby on the way would be his ultimate get-out-of-jail-free card. He was dead wrong. For Israel Medin Jr., being handed probation wasn't a wake-up call, it was just an inconvenience. Instead of stepping up to the plate, he blew off his community service, ghosted his probation officer, and got busted carrying an illegal weapon. Now, facing the very real threat of a prison cell, he's standing before Judge Boyd, desperately trying to use his own family as a human shield to dodge accountability. But this judge isn't buying the performance. Watch closely as the excuses fall apart. [00:00:55] Speaker 1: Are you the same Israel Medin who was placed on deferred adjudication in 2020, CR0572, for the offense of evading arrest detention using a vehicle on February 10, 2022, for a period of three years? Is that you? Yes, Your Honor. All right, State? [00:01:11] Speaker 3: Yes, Your Honor. Violating condition number one, over about the 20th day of July, 2023, in New York County, Texas, of the defendant is really easy in your mid-of-the-effects of law enforcement during every one of the violations of condition number one, please. [00:01:25] Speaker 1: How do you plead to that, true or not true? True, yes. [00:01:28] Speaker 3: Your Honor, what waives are remaining violated conditions? [00:01:31] Speaker 1: All right, any objections to the waivers? No, Your Honor. Did you understand, by pleading true to violation of condition number one, the court could find it true, grant the motion, find you guilty, sentence you up to 10 years in the prison, and up to $10,000 fine? Knowing that, do you still plead true to violation of condition number one? The court will find violation of condition number one true. Is there a proposed agreement? [00:01:54] Speaker 3: There's not an agreement, but there's a proposed agreement. [00:01:57] Speaker 1: Yes. [00:01:57] Speaker 3: Part of the agreement, the agreement is that if we went through to the UCW, the state will be making the consideration of that cause number, which is 713-157 at a county court number eight. And also, at the same time of that incident, we're taking another case into consideration, which is the unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, which is 2023 CR 9587, and we'll send those dismissals to the court. Thank you, Judge. Thank you, Judge. The state's recommendation is revocations. That is not agreed upon. [00:02:36] Speaker 1: All right. So the state is recommending revocation. Do you have any witnesses? [00:02:40] Speaker 4: Yes, Your Honor. I do. My client. [00:02:42] Speaker 1: All right. You want to raise your right hand? Do you suddenly swear or affirm the testimony you give will be the truth and nothing but the truth so help you God? Yes, ma'am. All right. You can lower your hand. State your name for the record. Israel Medine, Jr. All right. Defense, you may proceed. [00:02:55] Speaker 5: Yes, Mr. Medine, tell the court what you do for a living. Yes, Miss, I make music for a living. I'm sorry, what? I make music for a living. Music. Okay. Yes, I've been doing it for five years. It's been helping me pay my house, take care of my family, my son, my wife. It's what I do for a living. It's how I get monthly income. It's how I pay all my bills. It's how I survive. And explain to the court who your family consists of. Me, my wife, my son, he's the third, and then I'm having a baby on the way too. [00:03:25] Speaker 1: All right. So let me just tell you right now, the crux of the court's questioning is going to be, what has he completed since he's been on probation? I didn't hear you. Oh, what has he completed since he's been on probation? Because the only thing I have before me now is the fact that he picked up an unawfully carrying of a weapon. So what has he completed on probation? Miss, I've reported every month. No, no, no. I'm just trying to get to what have you done on probation. Sometimes, just a second, take a deep breath. Sometimes this is what the issue is. You will have somebody come before you and maybe they have a motion to revoke and they picked up a new case. So what do I know about you? What I know about you right now is that you were placed on probation and you committed a new offense. So I'm trying to figure out what have you been doing since you've been on probation. Everybody always comes in, and I say everybody, and 99% of the people come in, I have a baby on the way. And you know, my mindset is always, why were you not thinking about that before you picked up a new case? Or people will tell me, my mother is in the hospital, or my family member is in the hospital. And you know, my question always is, why were you not thinking about that before you picked up a new case? So I'm trying to figure out what have you completed on probation? Were you reporting? Because your conditions of probation are to report. Were you reporting? Were you reporting? Did you report on a regular basis? Yes, ma'am. [00:04:59] Speaker 5: So you've never missed reporting? No, I may have missed a date or something, but I always try to make sure I stay on top of it. I may have missed a date if I have. [00:05:06] Speaker 1: Here's the thing, we're not doing, we're not talking about maybes. My understanding, the probation officer is here. So, were you reporting regularly? Yes, ma'am. Yes, I was. Did you ever miss reporting? No. All right. Have you completed any community service hours? [00:05:21] Speaker 5: I was supposed to pay them off, yes. I was trying to pay them off. I was trying to get your permission actually to pay them off. [00:05:25] Speaker 1: Now, so here's the thing, you need to listen to my questions. You've been on probation since 2022? Yes, ma'am. Did you complete community service hours? No, ma'am. All right. Next question. Did you complete parenting classes? I completed one of them, yes, ma'am, I did. No, no, no. Did you successfully complete your parenting classes? Yes, yes. So what I mean by that is, all the classes, if parenting classes were 10 classes, right? Yes, I took them, I took them all. Did you get the certificate? Yes, ma'am, I did. All right, the next question. Did you participate in field visits? [00:06:00] Speaker 5: What is that, ma'am? [00:06:01] Speaker 1: Oh, probation comes out to your house to check on you to see that you're doing well. [00:06:05] Speaker 5: Yes, ma'am. I know, they have my address. I never, I don't know, I don't know how that goes. They never contacted me to go to my house, but they have my address where I live at. [00:06:16] Speaker 1: All right, so council, any other questions? [00:06:19] Speaker 5: Yes. [00:06:21] Speaker 4: Are you on medication? [00:06:24] Speaker 5: Yes, yes, ma'am. Also, I do have a medicinal marijuana license, and I know I have came out positive for marijuana, but I get prescribed THC oils, and that helps me with my insomnia, my PTSD, and it helps me play a sleep. I know that's the only reason I have positives on there. [00:06:39] Speaker 4: He should have been on a, in my opinion, judge, a mental health doctor. He has serious PTSD and anxiety, and he needs cognitive thinking. It was recommended on this particular case, judge, and I couldn't agree more. Getting him to- [00:07:02] Speaker 1: Well, did he take the MRT? Because that was one of his conditions. [00:07:05] Speaker 4: What is that? [00:07:06] Speaker 1: I'm sorry. How to help you make better decisions to help you realize the correct moral choice. For example, not to pick up an unlawfully carrying of a weapon because you're on probation. [00:07:21] Speaker 5: No, miss. I don't think I took it unlawfully. I don't think so. I don't think so. I don't recall. It's been a while, miss. They, uh, I suppose the county did sit me down for seven months, so that is a reason why I may have not been reporting, or I didn't have no reports from August, from August 4th to February 12th, I was incarcerated in, in Addiskelson County last year. But everything, everything before that, miss, I had been reporting every month. I had been taking my UAs every month, miss. I had been complying and trying to get this out the way, miss. Like I said, I have a family I take care of and rely on me so much, and I just found out I have another baby on the way. It's not nothing I wasn't thinking about. I just found out, miss, and it's just, it's, it's, it's me that, that's. Well, everybody knows, everybody knows how babies come to be. No, no, yes, miss. I'm just saying, like, I wasn't aware of you. I, I, I'm not trying to continue to live my life like this. I do have a family that depends on me a lot, and I'm just trying to get out there and show him I can do right. [00:08:18] Speaker 4: My son depends on me a lot, and I'm very talented singer, musician, makes music, writes music. He's a very creative judge, but he's got some mental issues, and I, I do make music, and I [00:08:32] Speaker 5: have a very big following, and I feel like that is the reason I get harassed, honestly, and I've tried to. [00:08:39] Speaker 1: Who's harassing you? What's probation, harassing, because all they wanted you to do was report on a regular basis. [00:08:46] Speaker 5: Well, miss, there's no probation. [00:08:47] Speaker 1: All they wanted you to do was the MRT, and here's the thing. You have been on probation since 2020, 2022, and everybody knows if people successfully complete their probation, normally, I would say about 90% of the time, if they complete everything, and they ask for early termination, I usually give it to them. [00:09:06] Speaker 5: No, I understand, miss. It started off real for me. I can't lie. It started off real for me, because I wasn't used to probation. I wasn't used to people telling me what to do and how to do it, so it wasn't new to me, miss, but it's something that I know I can get done. How far did you finish school? I went all the way to 11th, 12th grade. [00:09:21] Speaker 4: All the way to the 11th? [00:09:22] Speaker 5: Yes, all the way to 11th grade. I went to 11th grade, miss, and that's honestly something I'm working on right now, too. I have my GED in the works. I need to finish. I think I need to get three and a half more credits, and I'm done with my GED, too. [00:09:36] Speaker 1: All right. Any questions? Any more questions? No, ma'am. State, any questions? [00:09:43] Speaker 3: There we are. [00:09:45] Speaker 1: All right. Is the probation officer here? [00:09:48] Speaker 3: Yes, Your Honor. [00:09:49] Speaker 1: All right. If you'll come forward, please. Senator, put your back in, Mr. Jones. Hi. Thank you so much for waiting patiently. Could you raise your right hand for me, please? Do you solemnly swear or affirm the testimony you give will be the truth, and nothing but the truth will help you God? [00:10:08] Speaker 6: I do. [00:10:08] Speaker 1: All right. You can lower your hand. State your name for the record. [00:10:11] Speaker 6: Moses Lozano. [00:10:13] Speaker 1: All right. And so I know that you have been here since this morning, so I wanted to make sure that if either party wanted to call you as a witness, that they would have a chance to call you as a witness. All right. And I know you were being brought because this was supposed to be a contested hearing, but you know, he's decided to enter a plea of truth. So does anyone have any questions for the witness? [00:10:37] Speaker 4: I do, Judge. May it please the court, sir. Thank you for staying. I saw you here at nine o'clock this morning and you've been here all day. I saw a notation that I think you wrote as far as a recommendation to the court. Would you explain, on the record, what's available that you think that he could use and needs regarding cognitive reasoning and thinking? [00:11:11] Speaker 6: Well, we recommended ISF. [00:11:16] Speaker 4: And why do you recommend it? [00:11:20] Speaker 6: That's what you usually do with probationers that tend to need that more guidance. [00:11:26] Speaker 4: It's meant to me and in general, and they're responsible for what is ISF? [00:11:34] Speaker 6: ISF is a program run by the state that probationers go to. They stay there for 90 to 120 days and receive the treatment they need, whether it's mental health, drug abuse, or they'll touch on it, but for him, it'll be cognitive. So it's more mental. [00:11:51] Speaker 4: Did he also get drug abuse assistance there? [00:11:57] Speaker 6: No, the primary would be. [00:12:00] Speaker 4: And you believe that is something that he would benefit from? Yes. And you did recommend that, correct? Yes. Thank you. That's all I have, Judge. [00:12:12] Speaker 3: Any other questions? Yes, Judge. I see that your recommendation, sir, was this ISF program, and you obviously are the one that filed the motion to revoke, is that correct? Yes. And what would cause you to actually recommend revocation for an individual? [00:12:34] Speaker 6: And probationer will consistently report and get arrested, you know, numerous times. However, it's all the way up to my manager, but I'm going to revoke. [00:12:45] Speaker 3: So really, it's up to the manager of y'all's facility, of you, to what that recommendation is, is that correct? [00:12:53] Speaker 6: Yes. [00:12:53] Speaker 3: Because in this particular motion to revoke, there's two number ones that means that he was arrested on two different occasions, or at least one occasion, the unlawful use of vehicle and also the unlawful carrying of weapons, is that correct? [00:13:06] Speaker 6: Yes. [00:13:07] Speaker 3: And then there's also an allegation on here that he did not plead true to, which was the evading arrest in Hondo County or Medina County, is that correct? [00:13:15] Speaker 6: Yes. [00:13:15] Speaker 3: Okay, so that's at least two run-ins worth of law where he was possibly arrested on new charges, or at least alleged new charges, is that correct? [00:13:23] Speaker 6: Yes. [00:13:23] Speaker 3: And just by you to testify now, is that if he was arrested for additional charges, that may be a reason that you would recommend revocation of an individual, is that correct? Yes. No further questions, Your Honor. [00:13:35] Speaker 1: All right. Thank you, sir. So I just have one question. So was he reporting on a regular basis or no? [00:13:44] Speaker 6: Your Honor, he failed to report in July 2024 after I found out he was released from jail on 06-28-24. I attempted to call him to report and made no contact. [00:14:00] Speaker ?: Okay. [00:14:02] Speaker 1: All right. Does anyone have any follow-up questions related to that? [00:14:05] Speaker 4: So his failure to report was because he was in custody, or do you know? [00:14:12] Speaker 6: I do know between the months of February 24th and June, he was incarcerated. [00:14:23] Speaker 4: And obviously, he couldn't report. He could not report when he was incarcerated, correct? Correct. Thank you. That's all, Judge. [00:14:30] Speaker 3: Just one question. He was not in custody in July 2020? [00:14:34] Speaker ?: No. [00:14:34] Speaker 3: Okay. Thank you. [00:14:36] Speaker 1: All right. Thank you. Thank you. [00:14:37] Speaker 3: Thank you. [00:14:38] Speaker 1: Thank you, sir. All right. Anything else? [00:14:42] Speaker 4: That's all, Judge. [00:14:45] Speaker 1: All right. This is what the court is going to do. As previously stated, the court is finding violation of condition number one true. The court will take in consideration 713-157-2023-CR-9587. The court is going to find you guilty, and the court is going to grant the motion. Does anyone wish to speak to time? [00:15:08] Speaker 4: Judge, he has served time for the offense that he has pled true to. And I respectfully submit that time will not help him mentally or emotionally or financially. And he is young. He's still somewhat immature. And he has responsibilities. He's acknowledged, and he's, as I say, Judge, very talented, very creative, and he works very hard at what he does. Yes, we do. But he makes no excuses for not being able to walk and talk and shoot down consistently. And that's his, that's his, that's his, uh, that's his downfall, Judge. He has his inconsistencies. [00:16:11] Speaker 1: All right. So, uh, State, what amount of time are you requesting? [00:16:17] Speaker 3: State's requesting five years, Your Honor. [00:16:20] Speaker 1: All right. Defense, what are you requesting? [00:16:23] Speaker 4: Judge, we're requesting that he be admitted to probation. [00:16:26] Speaker 1: All right, so I'm not going to admit him to probation. So the, um, state is asking for five years. What would you request? Judge, we would request the minimum, of course. All right. The court will send into, to four years in the prison, give you credit for any time served. And the court will request the therapeutic community. The therapeutic community does not increase the time that you're in custody, but it will help you with any mental health issues or other issues you may have. [00:16:57] Speaker 4: Will you retain jurisdiction, Judge? Yes. Thank you. [00:17:00] Speaker 1: All right. Uh, did you review the trial court certification of defendants' rights to appeal with your attorney? Did you understand it inside? All right. But, uh, you have a limited right to appeal. That right to appeal is as it relates to the allegations in the motion, not the fact that you were on deferred adjudication. Because this is a felony conviction, you're not allowed to own or possess any weapons or ammunition. If you have a question over what a weapon or ammunition is, you'll need to speak to an attorney. Do you understand? [00:17:29] Speaker 2: All right. Good luck to you. The excuses didn't work. Judge Boyd revoked his probation and sentenced Israel Medin Jr. to four years in prison while requesting he be placed in a therapeutic community treatment program behind bars. This is what happens when entitlement meets the gavel. The justice system offered him a lifeline and he threw it back in their face. You cannot ignore a judge's orders, pick up new weapon charges, and expect your family to bail you out of the consequences. Accountability is non-negotiable. What do you think? Did Judge Boyd give him the perfect reality check he desperately needed? Or did a four-year sentence let him off too easy? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below. Hit that like button if you respect Judge Boyd's ruling. And subscribe for more real courtroom justice.