Update 07/19/2019 1:09pm:
According to reports, Tay-K has been found guilty of murder. It was noted that Tay-K was not the one who fired the weapon that killed 21-year-old Ethan Walker, which is what made his attorneys argue that he shouldn’t be found guilty.
Despite that, prosecutors said that Tay-K was aware of the plan to steal drugs and money from the home invasion and that it would end with someone being shot. Tay-K is facing between 5 and 99 years in prison.
source: CBS DFW
Original 07/18/2019 6:15pm:
The state and defense rested their case in Tay-K's capital murder trial, and the jury could possibly deliberate on the case by this afternoon (July 18), according to CBS Dallas-Fort Worth.
Prosecutors ended making their case on Thursday by having the mother of Ethan Walker, the 21-year-old who was killed in the botched robbery, to testify on the stand. Walker's mother said that he had just moved into the house with Zachary Beloate, and she believes he was shot because he didn't have any money or drugs.
One of Tay-K's co-defendants also testified in the case, claiming that Tay-K joked about carrying out the robbery for a little bit of money and a watch. She added that two days after the incident, Tay-K and his friends had called a "code red" and looked to be packing to leave town.
If convicted of capital murder, Tay-K faces life in prison.
