WACO, Texas (KWTX) – A Georgetown man pleaded guilty Friday to firing a pistol during an altercation that left a Dallas medical researcher dead in a downtown Waco parking lot in 2024.
Cardea Xavier Banks, 27, formerly of Temple, pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon, deadly conduct and discharging a firearm in city limits in exchange for a recommendation from the McLennan County District Attorney’s Office that he be placed on deferred felony probation for eight years and fined $1,000.
Judge Thomas West of Waco’s 19th State District Court will review a background report by probation officers before sentencing Banks on June 26.
In deferred probation cases, defendants can avoid a felony conviction and final judgment of guilt if they complete the terms and conditions of probation…