KILLEEN, Texas — Civil Rights and legal lawyers are sharing their ideas on the Marvin Guy trial.
Guy is charged with capital homicide for allegedly capturing and killing Killeen police detective Chuck Dinwiddie right through a no-knock seek warrant operation on May 9, 2014.
“It is absurd. It is a true travesty of justice,” stated nationwide Civil Rights legal professional Lee Merritt when discussing the nine-year wait Marvin Guy had sooner than he was once granted a trial.
Merritt was once additionally the legal professional in Michael Dean’s case, which concerned a former Temple Police officer that was once charged with second-degree manslaughter over a visitors prevent on Dec. 2, 2019. Carmen DeCruz, the officer concerned within the case, was once ultimately discovered no longer in charge on all fees.
“Everyone is entitled under the sixth amendment to a speedy trial, and Marvin Guy certainly has been denied that,” Merritt stated.
In the similar 9 years Guy awaited for trial, the circle of relatives of Killeen police detective Chuck Dinwiddie says they have been looking ahead to justice.
“Nine years–our family is furious. We just want to see that the Texas court system serves justice,” stated Kathryn Dinwiddie, Detective Dinwiddie’s sister, right through an interview with 6 News in April 2023. “We have not had justice provided to this public servant who was serving this community.”
Guy is accused of capturing Dinwiddie right through a no-knock raid in 2014. Since then, Guy has been within the Bell County Jail, costing the county round $300,000.
“Someone being held in pretrial detention without ever been convicted of a crime, serving nine years waiting for trial is about a clear constitutional violation that I’ve ever seen,” Merritt stated.
Merritt claims that once police entered Guy’s house, “he had every right to protect himself.”
Merritt additionally says Guy’s trial can be a check of the ‘Stand Your Ground‘ regulation and the way no-knock warrants are used. In 2021, a couple of years after the capturing, the City of Killeen were given rid of no-knock warrants.
“The explanation why that no-knock warrants had been installed position was once to offer protection to the security of the officials,” stated 6 News Legal Analyst Liz Mitchell.
As for the ‘Stand Your Ground’ regulation, Mitchell says “The castle doctrine or stand your ground is not applicable in this case if the state proves the defendant was engaged in criminal activity.”
She says that will have to be decided in court.
“It’s the most important case happening in the country right now,” Merritt stated. “Because it’s one of those cases where it’s clear that if Marvin guy was white, this kind of thing would simply not be allowed.”
“Our brother Charles David Dinwiddie was once a liked public servant and merits justice,” Kathryn stated.
Stay with 6 News as we proceed to observe this trial.
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