Core Services
Deferred Adjudication
Supervision
According to the Code of Criminal Procedure, Article 42.12, §
5, deferred adjudication community supervision is provided a
defendant when, following a plea of guilty or no contest, the
judge defers further proceedings without entering an
adjudication of guilt and places the defendant on community
supervision.
In FY ‘00, district and county courts-at-law judges deferred
262 felony offenders and 782 misdemeanor offenders, for a total
of 1,044 individuals placed on deferred adjudication
supervision.
Regular Supervision
Article 42,12, § 2, (2) defines Community Supervision as the
placement of a defendant by a court under a continuum of
programs and sanctions, with conditions imposed by the court for
a specified period during which (a) criminal proceedings are
deferred without an adjudication of guilt or (b) a sentence of
imprisonment or confinement, imprisonment and fine, or
confinement and fine, is probated and the imposition of sentence
is suspended in whole or in part.
Adjudicated defendants placed on community supervision by the
courts consisted of 127 felony and 1,036 misdemeanor cases for a
total of 1,163 offenders. Overall, courts placed 2,246 offenders
on community supervision during fiscal year ’00. Sixteen
offenders were placed on supervision after returning from shock
incarceration; and 23 were placed after returning from boot
camp.
The following tables compare Misdemeanor and Felony
Placements from FY '96 - '00:
Misdemeanor Placements
Fiscal Years '96 - '00
|
|
FY ‘96
|
FY ‘97
|
FY ‘98
|
FY ‘99
|
FY '00 |
|
Deferred Adjudication
|
594
|
683
|
694
|
813
|
782 |
|
Adjudicated
|
958
|
948
|
1,087
|
1,006
|
1,036 |
|
Total Placed on Supervision
|
1,552
|
1,631
|
1,781
|
1,819
|
1,818 |
Felony Placements
Fiscal Years '96 - '00
| |
FY '96 |
FY '97 |
FY '98 |
FY '99 |
FY '00 |
| Deferred
Adjudication |
176 |
256 |
250 |
295 |
262 |
| Adjudication |
154 |
158 |
173 |
129 |
127 |
| Return
from Shock |
5 |
2 |
14 |
14 |
16 |
| Return from Boot Camp |
16 |
13 |
25 |
7 |
23 |
| Return
from State Jail |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Total Placed on
Supervision |
351 |
429 |
462 |
445 |
428 |
Misdemeanor community supervision placements decreased by one
individual (less than 1%) and felony placements decreased by 4%
(17) from Fiscal Year 1999.
The department supervised an average monthly direct caseload of
1,023 felons and 1,245 misdemeanants, a 1% increase from fiscal
year '99; and 1,124 indirect felons and 1,988 indirect
misdemeanants, a decrease of 3% from the previous fiscal year.
Indirect status consists of inter- and intrastate transfers,
offenders reporting by mail, inactive offenders on indirect
status in jail or prison, absconders, and offenders on indirect
status serving time in a Substance Abuse Felony Punishment
Facility.
The following table outlines felony supervision and caseload
size for FY '00:
Felony Supervision
Fiscal Year '00
|
|
Direct Cases
|
Indirect Cases
|
|
September
|
1,030 |
1,071 |
|
October
|
1,047 |
1,075 |
|
November
|
1,038 |
1,087 |
|
December
|
1,007 |
1,126 |
|
January
|
1,011 |
1,132 |
|
February
|
1,003 |
1,137 |
|
March
|
1,010 |
1,140 |
|
April
|
1,011 |
1,139 |
|
May
|
1,019 |
1,142 |
|
June
|
1,024 |
1,143 |
|
July
|
1,032 |
1,140 |
|
August
|
1,043 |
1,150 |
|
Average Caseload Size
|
1,023 |
1,124 |
The Following table outlines misdemeanor supervision and
caseload size for fiscal year '00:
Misdemeanor Supervision
Fiscal Year '00
|
|
Direct
|
Indirect
|
|
September
|
1,231 |
2,029 |
|
October
|
1,267 |
2,005 |
|
November
|
1,265 |
1,991 |
|
December
|
1,241 |
1,977 |
|
January
|
1,225 |
1,990 |
|
February
|
1,227 |
1,987 |
|
March
|
1,228 |
1,966 |
|
April
|
1,232 |
1,964 |
|
May
|
1,227 |
1,969 |
|
June
|
1,254 |
1,975 |
|
July
|
1,287 |
1,983 |
|
August
|
1,255 |
2,016 |
|
Average
Caseload Size
|
1,245 |
1,988 |
The department terminated 2,622 community supervision cases
during fiscal year '00, a 3 person increase from FY '99.
About 53% (1,386) of the terminated cases were successful
discharges consisting of early terminations and expired terms of
supervision. This figure represents an 11% increase from
fiscal year '99. Administrative closures (cases returned
to their original county of jurisdiction) decreased by 25%.
Revokes to jail increased 8% and revokes to state jail decreased
by 1 person from the previous fiscal year, while revokes to TDCJ-ID
remained the same, at 100 individuals.
The following table illustrates terminations in detail:
Departmental Terminations
Fiscal Years '96 - '00
|
|
FY
‘96
|
FY
‘97
|
FY
‘98
|
FY
‘99
|
FY
'00 |
|
Successful
|
947
|
1,054
|
1,126
|
1,254
|
1,386 |
|
Administrative
Closure
|
439
|
475
|
433
|
665
|
497 |
|
Revoked to County Jail
|
253
|
347
|
393
|
487
|
527 |
|
Revoked
to State Jail
|
17
|
25
|
45
|
94
|
93 |
|
Revoked to TDCJ-ID
|
137
|
123
|
126
|
100
|
100 |
|
Other
Unsuccessful
|
0
|
16
|
8
|
19
|
19 |
|
Total
|
1,793
|
2,040
|
2,131
|
2,619
|
2,622 |
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