A former Alief football coach twice convicted of murdering his pregnant wife will learn his punishment 24 years after the crime. davidtemple kprc2 click2hou htx katy
In 1999, eight-months-pregnant Belinda Temple was shot in the back of the head. The couple shared a 3-year-old son at the time of her murder.Temple was convicted in 2007 and sentenced to life. While serving out his sentence in 2016, the conviction was overturned after it was found that prosecutors withheld evidence. He got a new trial three years later and was again found guilty.
However, while the jury was trying to figure out sentencing, they were deadlocked and unable to decide unanimously.March 2020 – it was postponed because of COVID-19. “Back in the day if the defendant, jury couldn’t reach a decision as to punishment, the defendant got an entirely new trial and the legislature thought that was an unfair windfall and so now anytime there is an inability for the jury to make punishment, the defendant only gets a new punishment hearing,” KPRC 2 legal analyst Brian Wice said.“If this case was being tried today David Temple would not be eligible for probation. No longer part of the penalty range for murder.
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