Judge Stuns Repeat Felon With Harsh Sentence After 16 Felonies and Zero Excuses

[00:00:00] Speaker 1: good morning are you veronica randall it's general and miss randall was previously in court in clause numbers 25 dccr 0246 and 0247 entered a please enter pleas of guilty to theft of property with previous convictions a state jail felony also entered pleas of true to prior convictions which enhanced this to a i believe second degree felony for punishment purposes the agreement was for a cap of six years in prison i've received and reviewed that pre-sentence report have you all both had an opportunity to review that report yeah sure yeah sure are there any additions or corrections to the report all good what you read all accurate [00:00:48] Speaker 2: there we go no no addition i don't have any additions or corrections i would just state if it's the appropriate time for the court when i look at it i have some empathy for miss randall based on the comments that she made but how much can we take her out of her word with her criminal history the court will recall you previously rejected four years in this case i'll [00:01:10] Speaker 1: defer to whatever you think appropriate yeah judge um i also have taken judicial notice of the jail incident reports you both should have copies of those um have you both had an opportunity to review those as well yes sure all right mr vasquez you may proceed with argument [00:01:28] Speaker 3: you know i know miss randall's had probation a couple of times in the past and it didn't work out for her but i'm arguing for anything that does not involve incarceration um ask the court to just write her probation with every every condition and that the court thinks best would help her to put offending and in lieu of that i mean any alternative you're not asked for something less than the six years if she needs this point of stuff anything else miss moffino just i don't have any additional comments [00:02:22] Speaker 2: i would just state that our agreement initially was to dismiss the new case because she already has the sequence felony priors that would enhance anything further but if court disagrees with that [00:02:32] Speaker 1: reconsisant about it after students so miss randall i made some some notations um on this pre-sentence report uh some issues and maybe some mental health issues that have contributed some issues in the past however there's nothing in here that makes me believe that any condition you may have is what requires or makes you go out and do what you've done literally since 1981. your first theft that i have here was from an arrest from 1981. then i have one after another after another misdemeanor thefts through 2018. then we've got starting in 1986 a robbery and a theft and then we've got 13 felonies since then these are your 14th 15th and i guess 16 felonies at some point you got to figure it out there's there's opportunities when you are not incarcerated and not on probation to get the help that you need if that's what you think is the problem i think the problem is you just like to go steal or rob because i mean we've got robbery aggravated robbery another robbery it's um anyway so um at this time in each of your cases i'm going to find that you enter your pleas of guilty freely and voluntarily find that you also enter your pleas of true to those prior convictions freely and voluntarily in cause number 25 dccr 0246 find sufficient evidence to find you guilty and at this time find you guilty of theft of property with previous convictions find the other previous convictions true sentence you to a term of six years in the institutional division of the texas department of corrections you will receive credit on that sentence for any time that you've been in custody that the law gives you the right to receive and cause number 25 dccr 0247 i'm also going to find sufficient evidence to find you guilty find those prior convictions true sentence you to a term of six years in the institutional division of the texas department of corrections and cause number 26 dccr 0312 find sufficient evidence to find you guilty and find all those counts true and in that case sentence you in accordance with your agreement to a term of 20 years in the institutional division of the texas department of corrections you will receive credit on that sentence for any time that you've been in custody that the law gives you the right to receive and cause number 26 dccr 0313 find sufficient evidence to find you guilty find those prior counts true and at this time find you guilty of unlawful possession of a firearm by felon sentence you in accordance with your agreement to a term of 35 years in the institutional division of the texas department of corrections you will receive credit on that sentence for any time that you've been in custody that the law gives you the right to receive in cause number 26 dccr 0314 find sufficient evidence to find you guilty and at this time find you guilty of abandoning or endangering a child find those prior convictions true sentence you in accordance with your agreement to a term of 35 years in the institutional division of the texas department of corrections you will receive credit on that sentence for any time that you've been in custody in custody that the law gives you the right to receive in cause number 26 dccr 0315 find sufficient evidence to find you guilty and find all the prior convictions that you put true to true and at this time find you guilty of theft of a firearm find those convictions true and um sentence you in accordance with your agreement to a term of 20 years in the institutional division of the texas department of corrections you will also receive credit on that sentence for any time that you've been in custody that the law gives you the right to receive and then in clause number 26 dccr 0316 find sufficient evidence to find you guilty and at this time find you guilty of aggravated kidnapping find those prior convictions true sentence you in accordance with your agreement to a term of 35 years in the institutional division of the texas department of corrections you will receive credit on that sentence for any time that you the law gives you the right to receive all of these cases will run concurrently which means together at the same time which shows that these were agreements that are followed and so you've waived your right to appeal i also handed you a written admonishment regarding your ineligibility to possess a firearm or ammunition because of the judgments entered against you you're ineligible under texas law to possess a firearm or ammunition possession of a firearm or ammunition could lead to charges against you firearm is a legal term and you should read that written admonishment i provide you to see what devices qualify as a firearm if you have questions about the laws that make you ineligible to possess a firearm or ammunition or about how long that lasts you can talk with mr Dr. Vasquez. Right, ma'am, you can go back with the bailiff.