State v. Juvrud

The question in this case is whether Section 20 of Article 42.12 of the Code of Criminal Procedure mandates that a defendant on deferred-adjudication community supervision must complete “one-third of the original community supervision period or two years of community supervision, whichever is less,” or whether Section 5(c) of Article 42.12 permits a trial court to terminate a defendant’s deferred-adjudication community supervision at any time.

After William Owen Juvrud, the appel-lee, pleaded guilty to one count of misapplication of fiduciary property, 1 the trial court, pursuant to a plea…