APD officer’s deadly conduct sentencing hearing set for December

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The sentencing portion of the deadly conduct case for Austin Police Officer Christopher Taylor, who was found guilty of deadly conduct this month in the 2019 shooting of Mauris DeSilva, is set to begin Dec. 16, according to court proceedings Tuesday.
In Texas, defendants have the right to choose whether a judge or jury decides their punishment. Taylor chose the judge. In court, attorneys said they believed it would take about four days to present testimony for the puni