re: Update: MJ Allegedly found w/ Dallas PwC Associate killed by DPD officer

I've met the victim before at a church event and we had some mutual friends on Facebook that led me to this story. This sucks, world lost a good person today for absolutely no reason.

shite like this happens all the time. They used to throw some drugs or a drop gun on them.

quote:

---

Texas Rangers sent her home?

---

heard a clip on the local radio where they told the PD, "We got this."

quote:

---

I would be willing to bet money the officer does time for this, but don't let this get in the way of your "cops get away with murder all the time" circle jerk.

---

If she does, it will be something ridiculous like 1 YEAR for KILLING an innocent human being.


And then, after everyone has moved on, she will get out early on probation/house arrest after six months on good behavior.

Mark my words

quote:

---

Part of the Texas law on murder

quote:
The defendant intended to cause serious bodily injury and committed an act that was clearly dangerous to human life and this act caused the death of an individual; or


She definitely intended to shoot the guy. Not sure how the “self defense” defense will go since she wasn’t in her own place and the guy simply opened the door.

---

You have to meet one of these requirements for capital murder:

Sec. 19.03. CAPITAL MURDER. (a) A person commits an offense if the person commits murder as defined under Section 19.02(b)(1) and:

(1) the person murders a peace officer or fireman who is acting in the lawful discharge of an official duty and who the person knows is a peace officer or fireman; --- No

(2) the person intentionally commits the murder in the course of committing or attempting to commit kidnapping, burglary, robbery, aggravated sexual assault, arson, obstruction or retaliation, or terroristic threat under Section 22.07(a)(1), (3), (4), (5), or (6); --- No

(3) the person commits the murder for remuneration or the promise of remuneration or employs another to commit the murder for remuneration or the promise of remuneration; --- No

(4) the person commits the murder while escaping or attempting to escape from a penal institution; --- No

(5) the person, while incarcerated in a penal institution, murders another: ---- No

(A) who is employed in the operation of the penal institution; or --- No

(B) with the intent to establish, maintain, or participate in a combination or in the profits of a combination; --- No

(6) the person:

(A) while incarcerated for an offense under this section or Section 19.02, murders another; or --- No

(B) while serving a sentence of life imprisonment or a term of 99 years for an offense under Section 20.04, 22.021, or 29.03, murders another; --- No

(7) the person murders more than one person: --- No

(A) during the same criminal transaction; or --- No

(B) during different criminal transactions but the murders are committed pursuant to the same scheme or course of conduct; -- No

(8) the person murders an individual under 10 years of age; or --- No

(9) the person murders another person in retaliation for or on account of the service or status of the other person as a judge or justice of the supreme court, the court of criminal appeals, a court of appeals, a district court, a criminal district court, a constitutional county court, a statutory county court, a justice court, or a municipal court. --- No

(b) An offense under this section is a capital felony.

(c) If the jury or, when authorized by law, the judge does not find beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant is guilty of an offense under this section, he may be convicted of murder or of any other lesser included offense.

Manslaughter is what actually fits though...

Sec. 19.04. MANSLAUGHTER. (a) A person commits an offense if he recklessly causes the death of an individual.

quote:

---

But how did cop get in? Who leaves their door unlocked in a shitty apartment?

---

It says she had trouble opening it and her key is still in the lock.. and that he went to open to door, I suppose after hearing the commotion.

It also sounds like they want to keep everything tight lipped.

With that said, No crime leaving a door unlocked, my goodness. Maybe you are leaving soon? Who knows.

It’s sad this is a type of person who can make life and death decisions by using deadly force. Some people really have poor awareness and decision making.. She needs to go to prison for a very long time. It’s heartbreaking what this idiot did.

quote:

---

You have to meet one of these requirements for capital murder:

---

yeah, but it'd be hard to argue against felony murder here. trespassing while armed is a felony in texas.

You have no clue if any of what you posted is true.

We have one side of the story here and I have serious doubts in its veracity.

This just does not pass the sniff test and I am willing to bet there is some other vector linking these two.

quote:

---

Statute?

---

you may want to check out burglary code also found in chapter 30. Entering a house armed with intent to commit any felony. You don't force your way into an apartment with a gun drawn if you aren't intending on assaulting someone with it.