After 16 Felonies-Judge Finally Had Enough Drops HAMMER

Good morning. Are you Veronica Randall? Yes, you are. >> And Miss Randall was previously in court and clause numbers 25 DCCR 0246 and 0247. Enter a please uh enter p of guilty uh to theft of property with previous convictions, a state jail felony. also entered please of true to prior uh convictions which enhanced this to a I believe secondderee felony uh for punishment purposes. The agreement was for a cap of 6 years in prison. I've received and reviewed that pre-scence report. Have you all both had an opportunity to review that report? >> Yes, Sean. >> Yes, sir. Are there any additions or corrections to the report? >> All good. What you read? All accurate? >> No. No, no additions. >> I don't have any additions or corrections. I wouldn't just uh 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 at her word with her criminal history? The court will recall you previously rejected four years in this case. So, I'll defer to whatever you think appropriate. Yeah, judge. >> Um, I also 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, sir. >> Yes, sir. >> All right, Mr. Vasquez, you may proceed with argument. >> J, I know Miss Randle'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 probation with every every condition and and that the court thinks best would help her to quit offending and in in L of that I mean in the alternative you're not ask for something less than the six years if she's going with us. >> Anything else, Miss Mo? >> I don't have any additional comments. I would just state that our agreement initially was to dismiss the new case because she already has the sequence felony prior that would enhance anything further. But if court disagrees with that, we can about it after the sentence. >> So, Miss Randall, um I made some some notations um on this prescence report. uh some issues and maybe some mental health issues that um 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 um 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 16th felonies. At some point you 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 it's um anyway so um at this time in each of your cases I'm going to find that you entered your ple of guilty uh freely and voluntarily find that you also entered your ple of true to those prior convictions freely and voluntarily in clause number 25 DCCR0246 uh 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 DCCR0247. I'm also going to find sufficient evidence to find you guilty. Find those prior convictions true. Sentence you to a term of 6 years in the institutional division of the Texas Department of Corrections. And cause number 26, DCCR0312, find sufficient evidence to find you guilty and u 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. In clause number 26, DCCR0313, 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, DCCR0314, find sufficient evidence to find you guilty and at this time find you guilty of abandoning or endangering a child. find those prior uh 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 that the law gives you the right to receive. In cause number 26, DCCR0315, find sufficient evidence to find you guilty and find all the prior convictions that you pled true to true and at this time find you guilty of theft of a firearm. find those convictions true, find 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, DCCR0316, find uh 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've been in custody that the law gives you the right to receive. All of these cases will run concurrently, which means together at the same time that shows that these were agreements that I followed, and so you've waved 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 um 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. Vasquez. All right, ma'am. You can go back with the baiff. >> Thank you.