Tay-K trial

Rapper Tay-K pleaded guilty to aggravated robbery but denied premeditated murder.

The 19-year-old rapper, built-in Taymor McIntyre, is currently on trial for a double murder where he faces life in prison. The trial is at present underway in a Texas courtroom and is scheduled to last one calendar week, which means that he could know his fate by the end of this week. Tay-Chiliad 47 was arrested and charged for the murder of 21-twelvemonth-sometime Ethan Walker, who was shot and killed in a dwelling invasion robbery committed by the rapper and his associates. Walker was a young father of a little daughter at the time that he was killed.

McIntyre's defence force attorney, Jeff Kearney, told the courtroom, in his opening argument, that the rapper willingly participated in the fatal robbery. Still, he did non intend for Walker to exist killed, according to the Star-Telegram.

"Tay agreed to participate in a robbery," Kearney said. "Tay participated in a robbery.

The attorney added that Tay-One thousand had not predictable that his associate, Latharian Merritt, was going to, "intentionally kill for no reason, intentionally impale Ethan Walker."

Prosecutor Jim Hudson painted a dissimilar picture of the home invasion that resulted in the murder of Ethan Walker. Hudson told jurors that Tay-K was recruited by his female person co-accused and he "enthusiastically" took part in the law-breaking by enlisting the aid of 2 of men. Hudson added that the females warned the rapper about a gun inside the dwelling house before they committed the robbery, and he said it's not a problem, "We tin can have care of that."

The men brought ii guns with them, and a contumely knuckle which the prosecutors say was a articulate intention to impale Walker.