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Marvin Guy found guilty of police officer's murder

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Posted at 10:59 AM, Nov 21, 2023
and last updated 2023-11-22 12:31:28-05

UPDATE

The court has recessed — sentencing will begin Monday.

25 News will continue to provide updates on this story as they become available.

UPDATE

Marvin Guy was found guilty of murder on Tuesday during Day Two of trial.

This is a day that Detective Dinwiddle's family has been seeking for nine years.

“Chuck’s family believes he is guilty of capital murder. We’re relieved for the conviction of Marvin Guy in the charge of murder," said his sister, Ellen Dinwiddie Smith ina partial statement to the press on Tuesday.

"This case was constantly pushed forward by the prosecution but the judge chose to delay justice for an outrageous amount of time.”

Guy’s brother Garett Galloway is just glad to see the end is here.

“I just feel like it was ‘If we can’t get you this, way we’re going to get you another way' — there’s no winners in this," Galloway said.

"It's just a sad occasion."

Galloway said it’s up to his brother to decide if he wants to appeal the verdict.

Jurors will also hear about Guy's criminal history next week which they could use to add more time to his final sentence.

The jury will return Monday to begin the sentencing phase.

25 News will continue to provide updates on this story as they become available.

ORIGINAL STORY

A jury is deliberating the fate of Marvin Guy, whose trial is one of Bell County's longest unresolved murder cases in recent history.

Guy, 59, stands accused of shooting a Killeen police officer to death during a botched no-knock raid in May 2014. He has awaited trial for nearly a decade inside the Bell County jail.

25 News senior reporter Bobby Poitevint is inside the courtroom with live updates on the trial:

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