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Probation, jail time ordered in deadly conduct cases
Two local residents have been sentenced to a combination of jail time and probation, after pleading guilty to a combination of felonies and misdemeanors their roles in a drive-by shooting in Greenville in May of last year.
Demarkus Terral Nelson and Darius Terrell Starling, both of Greenville, entered guilty pleas last month to six counts of deadly conduct.
During punishment hearings in the 354th District Court Tuesday, Judge Richard A. Beacom sentenced each of the defendants on three counts of deadly conduct as a felony and three counts of deadly conduct as a misdemeanor.
Nelson was placed on 10 years of deferred adjudication probation for each of the felonies, and two years of deferred adjudication probation for each of the misdemeanor counts, and was sentenced to 30 days in the Hunt County Jail, to be served on a work release basis. Nelson was also ordered to complete 500 hours of community service, to attend anger management classes and to write a letter of apology to the victims of the shooting.
Starling’s sentences were the same, with the exception of receiving 30 days credit for jail time already served.
Each of the defendant’s sentences were to run concurrently.
Deferred adjudication carries no finding of guilt, although those defendants who are found to have violated a deferred probation are subject to being sentenced to the maximum punishment.
Both Nelson and Starling were facing a maximum punishment upon conviction of up to 10 years in prison for the felony deadly conduct counts.
Last month Ryan Thomas McConley pleaded guilty o six counts of deadly conduct. Under a plea bargain arrangement, McConley was sentenced to 13 years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice-Institutional Division, with the sentences to run concurrently. As a deadly weapon was found to have been used, McConley will have to spend at least half of the sentence, or six and one-half years, in prison before being eligible to be considered for parole.
McConley, Nelson and Starling each received six aggravated assault indictments from the Hunt County grand jury in July in connection with an incident in Greenville on May 29, 2009.
McConley admitted firing several rounds at a residence on Roberts Street, which was occupied by two adults and four children at the time of the shooting.
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