Tay-Ok has been sentenced to 80 years in jail within the lethal 2017 capturing of a photographer in Texas, Information 4 San Antonio studies.
Taymor McIntyre, generally known as Tay-Ok 47, was discovered responsible of the homicide of Mark Anthony Saldivar earlier this week. A jury in Bexar County, Texas, delivered its sentencing within the homicide trial of rapper on Tuesday after hours of testimony surrounding the punishment part of the trial. He was going through life in jail with the opportunity of parole.
“I do understand that whereas this can be a lot of time, you’re nonetheless alive. You possibly can nonetheless higher your self,” 187th District Court docket Decide Stephanie Boyd stated to Tay-Ok straight, per KENS 5. “However the complainant on this case is deceased, and that you must internalize that the complainant on this case is deceased. You’re going to must make modifications.”
The sentencing comes after Tay-Ok was discovered responsible on Monday of homicide stemming from the 2017 capturing of Saldivar. Based on prosecutors, the 24-year-old, who was 16 on the time, fatally shot Saldivar after stealing his pictures gear.
Tay-Ok was going through a capital homicide cost which the choose diminished to a lesser cost of homicide after deliberating on Monday. The rapper’s attorneys argued towards how the police investigated the capturing and that the case relied closely on “self-serving” witness accounts from contained in the automotive the place the capturing came about.
“Taymor McIntyre just isn’t responsible of capital homicide, homicide, or manslaughter, and the rationale for that’s quite simple,” Tay-Ok’s lawyer John Hunter informed jurors throughout final week’s closing arguments. “It’s a must to do it proper. It’s a must to do the work. And this case clearly demonstrates the work wasn’t finished.”
In 2019, Tay-Ok was sentenced to 55 years for the 2016 homicide of Ethan Walker throughout a house invasion. His largest hit, “The Race,” garnered 416 million Spotify streams thus far, and was recorded whereas he was on the run after the capturing.