Mug shot of Zy’Nika Ayesha Woods and screenshot of Joseph Harrell attacking Nhung Troung (Houston Police Department)

A 19-year-old woman in Texas who admitted to her role in the violent attack of a woman who was body-slammed to the ground and left paralyzed will not spend any time in prison thanks to a plea deal reached with prosecutors. Harris County District Court Judge Kristin M. Guiney on Tuesday sentenced Zy’Nika Ayesha Woods to 10 years of probation for her role in the brutal robbery of 41-year-old Nhung Truong, court records reviewed by Law&Crime show.

Woods, who was originally charged with one count of aggravated robbery causing serious bodily injury, reached a deal with prosecutors in which she agreed to plead guilty to a downgraded charge of robbery causing bodily injury and to testify against her co-defendant in the case, 18-year-old Joseph Harrell.

However, Woods received a deferred adjudication of guilt in the so-called “jugging” attack, which could keep her out of prison and without a criminal record. “Jugging” refers to a situation in which a criminal watches a customer at a bank, ATM, credit union, or shopping area, then follows that person to a second location and steals their money or valuables.

Woods’ deferred adjudication is “a special form of judge-ordered community supervision (commonly known as ‘probation’) that permits a defendant to accept responsibility for a crime without an actual conviction being placed on the record,” according to the Texas Senate Jurisprudence Committee. This means that if Woods successfully completes her decade of probation, the charge against her will be dismissed.

Harrell, who paralyzed Troung when he lifted her up and body-slammed her to the ground, pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated robbery causing serious bodily injury earlier this month. Judge Guiney sentenced him to 30 years in a state correctional facility with the requirement that he serve at least 15 years before being eligible for parole.