Tay-Ok will go to trial in a separate homicide case than the one he’s at the moment serving time for after rejecting a plea deal within the ongoing case.
In an undated clip that surfaced on Sunday (February 25), the 23-year-old’s lawyer confirmed that they selected to take the San Antonio homicide case to trial when the decide requested in the event that they have been turning down the plea deal.
The rapper (actual title Taymor Travon McIntyre) is due again in court docket on March 11, which is when a begin date for the trial might be determined.
Tay-Ok has been accused of killing 23-year-old Mark Anthony Saldivar throughout a theft whereas he was on the run for a 2016 incident due to which he was sentenced to 55 years behind bars, additionally for homicide and theft.
For the sooner crime, he was handed 30 years for aggravated theft and given two further 13-year sentences on two different counts of aggravated theft — the sentences are being served concurrently.
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Final 12 months, Tay-Ok shared a handwritten observe condemning violence whereas addressing how he was sentenced as an grownup regardless of being a juvenile and by no means really harming anybody, echoing his prior plea for a “second likelihood at maturity.”
“Yo I’m sitting right here serious about all my followers, I like and miss y’all,” he started. “I do know there’s loads that I haven’t straight spoke on and there R many issues my followers know however I’m not positive all people else does. I’ve been right here for five 1/2 years now and I really feel indebted to y’all for going so loopy behind me.
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“It’s nonetheless loopy to me that I by no means had an opportunity to reside outdoors as an grownup. I’ve been locked up and out and in of the ‘justice’ and CPS system 4 my entire life. Undecided if y’all know however I acquired sentenced as an grownup to 55 years in jail for against the law the place I wasn’t even the shooter. I wasn’t even alleged to have a gun. I used to be by no means even suspected to have pulled a set off or damage anybody.”
He continued: “I used to be younger and didn’t don’t have any optimistic figures round. Now that I’m older I understand how necessary specializing in main by instance is. I like my followers and I don’t need any1 to suppose I’m selling or actually recommending violence.
“That’s why I actually dedicate quite a lot of my time in right here to utilizing the success of my music to have a optimistic impression on different younger artist, even when it’s one thing small like taking a telephone name or writing a letter to maintain them positively impressed. No matter my scenario the motion is everlasting. #RR4L #FREEM3 Perpetually, TAY-Ok”
Tay-Ok was discovered responsible of homicide in July 2019 for his position in a 2016 Texas dwelling invasion as a result of which 21-year-old Ethan Walker was killed.
