Lorenzo T. Arenas
Director

Caroline Martinez
Senior Community Supervision Officer

500 E. San Antonio
4th Floor Suite 405
El Paso, Texas 79901
Phone (915) 546-2127
Fax (915) 532-6652

West Texas Community Supervision and Corrections Department

  • Court Services Section
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  • The Court Services Section functions primarily as a liaison to the thirteen district courts, seven county courts and three magistrate courts in El Paso. It provides pre-plea reports and pre-sentence investigation reports on cases going before the various courts. These reports include a thorough search of the defendant's criminal background history and a summary of the instant offense. The section participates in the Texas Law Enforcement Telecommunications System (TLETS) which is connected to the Department of Public Safety and Federal Bureau of Investigation to obtain current criminal histories. The section is comprised of seventeen officers and six support staff. Each officer is assigned at least one district court to facilitate each court's operation and insuring the presence of an officer at all court hearings pertaining to probation. Six of the officers perform dual tasks with additional assignments to the county courts and the magistrate courts. Also, an officer is assigned the interstate caseload and monitors felons placed on probation throughout the United States.
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  • COMMUNITY SUPERVISION REVOCATION SENTENCING
    Misdemeanor
    Felony
    DEFERRED Maximum sentence:
    Full Range of Punishment

    STRAIGHT Maximum sentence:
    Assessed punishment as listed on Judgement and Sentence (UNDERLYING SENTENCE)

    		DEFERRED Maximum sentence
    Full Range of Punishment

    STRAIGHT Maximum sentence:
    Term of community supervision
    ORDINARY MISDEMEANOR PUNISHMENTS ORDINARY FELONY PUNISHMENTS
    CLASS A MISDEMEANOR
    . Fine not to exceed $4,000 and/or
    • Confinement in jail for a term not to exceed one year

    CLASS B MISDEMEANOR
    • Fine not to exceed $2,000 and/or
    • Confinement in jail for a term not to   exceed 180 days

    CLASS C MISDEMEANOR
    • Fine not to exceed $500
    		CAPITAL FELONY
    • Imprisonment in the institutional division for life or death penalty

    FIRST DEGREE FELONY
    • Imprisonment in the institutional division for life or for any term of not more than 99 years or less than 5 years and/or
    • Fine not to exceed $10,000

    SECOND DEGREE FELONY
    • Imprisonment in the institutional division for any term of not more than 20 years or less than 2 years and/or
    • Fine not to exceed $10,000

    THIRD DEGREE FELONY
    • Imprisonment in the institutional division for any term of not more than 10 years or less than 2 years and/or
    • Fine not to exceed $10,000

    STATE JAIL FELONY
    • Imprisonment in a state jail for any term of not more than 2 years or less than 180 days
    • Fine not to exceed $10,000

    3g OFFENSES
    • Murder • Capital Murder
    • Indecency with a child • Aggravated Kidnapping
    • Aggrevated Sexual   Assault • Aggravated Robery
    • Sexual Assault • Use of a deadly   weapon


    PAROLE ELIGIBILITY
    • Life sentence on Capital Murder
      -40 calendar years
    • Life sentence for repeat & Habitual   offenders
      -35 calendar years
    • 3g Offense or if Affirmativge Finding   of Weapon
      -1/2 of sentence in calendar years   or 30 years (which ever is less) but   not less than 2 years
    • Drug-Free Zone Offense
      -5 calendar years or term of   sentence (whichever is less)
    • All others
      -good time + calendar years = 1/4   of   sentence or 15 years (whichever is   less)