“Repeat Offender INSULTS The Judge — Instantly Gets 12 Years”

Added: 2026-05-20

[00:00:00]You tested positive for cocaine >> after all of this time and all the different things that have been given to you and the opportunity that I gave you back in January of last year. You plead open >> in prison 23 years out of the last 30 years. So I've been doing my time and >> but you keep had a chance to you know >> to do what? Because you've been to SAFE, you've been to ISF and you went to ISF recent more recently, right?

[00:00:30]>> Yes, ma'am. As soon as I got out, I got right on probation and I haven't had a chance to.

[00:00:36]>> You got you got right on probation. You didn't you tested >> just open to me. I could have done anything.

[00:00:43]>> Yes.

[00:00:43]>> I could have sent you to prison for 20 years, 10 years, and I gave you an opportunity. And I said on that day because Mr. phone and printed it out for me.

[00:00:53]>> What you said?

[00:00:54]>> Well, so how do I not how do I do anything other than what I said?

[00:01:01]>> I mean, it's a situation. I got parents.

[00:01:04]My mother 9 years old. I don't want her to die and I be >> Hey, we're not talking about anybody but you today.

[00:01:11]>> Yeah, I know.

[00:01:11]>> I'm sorry your mom's that old and that you haven't been around to be with her, but that's whose fault.

[00:01:18]>> It's not going to be my fault if you're not there. How about some personal responsibility instead of my mom is old and don't send me to prison?

[00:01:26]>> You judge what I was there. Go ahead.

[00:01:28]>> He was warned about not coming back and the court didn't want to hear about a relapse, but I don't know that this is really a relapse. He never really got the help >> on on this most recent term of probation with the JCDI. Uh and then transportation is going to be a problem.

[00:01:41]I know he's already been to St. Pete does, but if that's if there's there would be the relapse uh portion of St. would be appropriate for a whole new term.

[00:01:51]>> Hold on. You So, if I'm reading this, I want to know when he went to ISF. This last time parole sent him when cuz the way I'm reading is is you were released from ISF and started JCDI August 6th of 2024. So, I put you on probation in January and between January and August, you went to ISF last year. Is that correct or no?

[00:02:15]sent him to ISF because of this new charge.

[00:02:18]>> Okay. So when was that?

[00:02:20]>> It was he was in custody Jefferson County and then >> from custody >> went straight there.

[00:02:29]>> So I placed you on probation. You never got out. You went and got help at ISF.

[00:02:35]Okay. And All right. Anything else? And >> and judge if if the court and it seems like the court is not leaning towards probation. No. Um, >> no.

[00:02:45]>> I would Well, we understand the range of is is up to 20 years, but the m the bottom line of that range is 2 to 20 years.

[00:02:51]>> I still haven't done anything yet. So, your response and how you act right now is going to go into what I do.

[00:02:58]>> Ma'am, I understand the legislation makes it possible to go all the way up to 20, but it also makes it possible to go down as low as two. I think we have to look each case uh for the facts and and the underlying offense was a theft at the Dollar General, I think, or Fanny Dollar. I think it was about $100 worth of merchandise. Uh I would ask the court to consider something at the lower end of the range, maybe two to five. Uh you know, just because we can drop the hammer on them, I don't that doesn't necessarily mean that we should uh and that's what we're asking court to do.

[00:03:31]Filation is not going to be an option.

[00:03:33]>> Thank you. Prosecutors argue that every available resource, probation, treatment programs, and prior warnings from the court had already been exhausted. More importantly, they point to what they see as a refusal to accept responsibility.

[00:03:48]In probation revocation hearings, judges often look less at the original offense and more at whether the defendant demonstrated honesty, accountability, and willingness to change.

[00:03:59]>> Mr. Coleman, >> I'll keep it brief. if the defendant has earned every bit of a 15-year sentence in prison. That's what I'm that's what I asked for originally. You placed on deferred. That's what I'm asking for today. Uh three things I'd like to quickly point out.

[00:04:12]looking at the defendants version and the updated PSI. He says that he when he was placed on uh in the JCDI program that he believes he was an attempt to set him up for failure uh showing demonstrating a lack of uh acceptance of his own responsibility. The resources and time that have been dedicated to this defendant, limited resources mind you, could have been uh redirected to someone who is more amunable to being uh rehabilitated. Lastly, you got his full criminal history uh there in the original uh PSI and uh I provided you with the transcript from the sentencing just to remind the court. I know you see a lot of defendants, but just to remind the court that uh you essentially told him up front this was essentially a zero tolerance probation.

[00:04:57]>> I and I do appreciate that because I do see a lot and I don't remember it all.

[00:05:00]But um Mr. Taylor, do you have anything you want to say?

[00:05:05]>> Yes, ma'am. you know, been through a lot of things in my life.

[00:05:10]You know, people dying in my family and other things, drugs, but you know, I think, you know, that I could do better if I had the chance, proper opportunity, ma'am, but and I did a lot of time. I've done my time with you.

[00:05:28]>> You have.

[00:05:28]>> I don't think just putting me in prison just I [snorts] think I need a chance.

[00:05:33]Well, you it doesn't make any sense because you're saying, you know, you you've done a lot of time and at some point you either say, I don't like prison and I want to do better.

[00:05:46]>> That's what I want. Yeah.

[00:05:47]>> But you didn't take advantage of the opportunities you were given. You're saying you want help and we gave you help or parole gave you help. So, you didn't even get out on my probation yet.

[00:05:58]You had ISF, a reminder of the tools that you had a long time ago. You had those things and you got out and you didn't take advantage of the opportunity that I told you.

[00:06:10]>> You better take advantage of it because you're not going to get it again. You You're saying the same things that you said. Please just give me another chance.

[00:06:20]I'm going to do better. I Please send me to ISF for a safe P. Do I mean it's all the same thing that you're saying and no one is setting anybody up for failure. I can hang on.

[00:06:31]>> After repeatedly warning that probation was a zero tolerance opportunity, the judge finally delivers the sentence. 12 years in the Texas Department of Corrections. Notice how direct the ruling is. No hesitation, no extended deliberation.

[00:06:48]>> I I have back I had back surgery. So what you're telling me is excuse when did you have back surgery?

[00:06:55]>> Uh 8 years ago.

[00:06:58]>> Okay.

[00:06:58]>> But they only did half >> listen.

[00:07:01]>> I'm not making you are making you are you're if you're throwing out to me that you had back surgery 8 years ago, then you are digging for everything you possibly can and we're I'm we're done with all that. I'm going to find that you previously entered your please or true to counts 1 through six freely and voluntarily. I'm going to find those counts true. I'm going to find sufficient evidence to find you guilty and at this time find you guilty of theft of property with previous convictions. I'm going to sentence you to a term of 12 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.

[00:07:40]I'm going to hand you trial court certification that shows this was not an agreement. You do have some limited rights to appeal. You can talk to Mr. Rojos about that. Um, I'm also going to hand you a written admonishment regarding your ineligibility to possess a firearm or ammunition. Because of the judgment 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 the written admonishment I provide you to see what devices qualify as a firearm. Um, if you have any questions about the laws that make you ineligible to possess a firearm or ammunition or about how long that lasts, you can talk to Mr. Rohos. Y'all need to sign that and he'll give you a copy of it. Good job.

[00:08:29]>> Thank you. Thank you, ma'am, for being here.

[00:08:38]Miss Holmes on Dear Deario Flucas.

[00:08:48]Hey, come back, Mr. Taylor. Come here.

[00:08:54]>> Let me tell you something. I still have jurisdiction over your case. So, any disrespect that you show me right now, I can add years to that number. Is that what you would like to do?

[00:09:05]>> I do think it's fair. It doesn't matter that it's a misdemeanor. You keep doing it over and over. [snorts] Go back with the bailor. and you probably should keep your mouth shut this time.

[00:09:14]>> This hearing centered on a defendant who had already spent approximately 23 of the last 30 years in prison and was standing before the court after violating the terms of probation.

[00:09:25]Earlier in the case, the judge had chosen not to impose a lengthy prison sentence despite having the authority to do so. Instead, the court granted probation and made it clear that the opportunity came with strict expectations and very little tolerance for future violations. During the hearing, the judge repeatedly focused on one issue: personal responsibility. The defendant attempted to explain his situation by referencing his age, his mother's health, past struggles with addiction, and other hardships in his life. But the court consistently redirected the discussion back to his own decisions and conduct while under supervision. The judge emphasized that treatment opportunities had already been provided through programs like ISF and probation related rehabilitation efforts. And the court viewed the positive cocaine test as proof that those interventions had not changed the behavior.