A bond reduction hearing for Devonte “D.J.” Amerson is set for 1:30 p.m. today in the 22nd Judicial District Court with Judge Bruce Boyer presiding, in the case of the State of Texas versus Amerson.
The hearing comes approximately a year after Boyer granted Cyrus Gray, formerly a co-defendant of Amerson, a reduction in his bond to $75,000. On the strength of that bond reduction, Gray bonded out and was released from Hays County Jail where he had been held for almost five years. Most recently, in July, Hays County District Attorney Kelly Higgins dismissed the capital murder charge against Gray.
Amerson, who has been held in custody since his arrest, and Gray were each charged in 2018 with capital murder, a capital felony, in connection to the murder of Justin Gage, a Texas State University student in December 2015, eight years to the day.
