Marvin Guy v Killeen, TX - No knock raid murder or self defense

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A man in small-town Texas is facing life in prison for allegedly killing a police officer. But the trial—which commenced Monday after a nearly decade-long wait—is a confluence of police use of force, the war on drugs, and the right to self-defense. Its outcome will in part answer the following question: How far does a self-defense claim go when it's exercised against the state?
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He killed a cop during a no-knock raid. Will the jury agree it was self-defense?

Almost 10 years after his arrest, Marvin Guy will soon learn if he'll spend the rest of his life in prison.

reason.com

 

[Goldhedge]

Looks like self-defense to me. You come barging into a home you get what's coming to you.

They could have easily surrounded the home and knocked on the door.

 

[searcher]

Reminds me of this case:

Charges dismissed against Kenneth Walker who shot at officers during execution of a no-knock search warrant

Walker, boyfriend of Breonna Taylor, was charged with attempted murder of a police officer after he started shooting at officers executing a no-knock search warrant

www.whas11.com

No knock warrants need to end unless it's necessary to save a life.

 

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A jury in Texas on Tuesday convicted a man of murdering a local police officer in a case that pitted no-knock raids against the right to self-defense.

Marvin Guy, who waited in jail for over nine years before his trial, was found guilty of murdering Detective Charles Dinwiddie, whom Guy said he mistook for an intruder after a SWAT team in 2014 smashed his bedroom window and tried to break into his home with a battering ram during a 5:45 a.m. drug raid. The panel declined, however, to convict him of capital murder and instead opted for murder, meaning they did not agree—at least not unanimously—that Guy knew he was shooting at law enforcement.
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Marvin Guy, who shot a cop during a no-knock raid, is found guilty of murder

He is not the first defendant that has struggled to reconcile the controversial raids with self-defense.

reason.com

Terrible verdict IMO.