Rapper Tay-K 47 plans to appeal his murder conviction for a 2017 shooting in San Antonio.
SAN ANTONIO — Rapper “Tay-K 47” plans to appeal his conviction in the murder of a young San Antonio man in 2017. He was sentenced to 80 years in prison last week after being found guilty of the crime.
24-year-old Taymor McIntyre was originally charged with capital murder charge after authorities said he shot and killed 23-year-old Mark Anthony Saldivar in a San Antonio Chick-Fil-A parking lot in April 2017. He faced life in prison with the possibility of parole before a jury instead opted for a lesser charge of murder after deliberating on Monday.
Prosecutors said that McIntyre shot Saldivar after the rapper tried to rob him. Authorities said McIntyre had picked up Saldivar, who was a photographer, in a car after asking him to take photos of the rapper for a new song. McIntyre was just 16 at the time.
McIntyre was previously convicted for killing 21-year-old Ethan Walker during a 2016 home invasion in Tarrant County, a crime for which he received a 55-year prison sentence. The Bexar County judge determined the sentences would run concurrently.
Thursday, Hunter, Lane and Jampala, the law firm representing McIntyre, said he does plan to appeal his murder conviction.
The statement from the law firm reads in part:
After an 8-year struggle in the court system, Taymor McIntyre was acquitted by a Bexar County, Texas jury of the offense of capital murder. He was found guilty of the lesser-included offense of murder and sentenced to 80 years in prison. Judge Stephanie Boyd of the 187th District Court of Bexar County ordered his sentence to run concurrent with a prior conviction out of Tarrant County, Texas that had resulted in a 55 year term of imprisonment.
Under Texas law, a person sentenced to 80 years for murder becomes eligible for parole after he’s completed thirty (30) years of his sentence. This means that Mr. McIntyre will reach parole eligibility for his Bexar County conviction 2 ½ years after he obtains parole eligibility for the prior conviction in Fort Worth.
While Mr. McIntyre wishes to express his deepest gratitude for the jury’s time and consideration of all the evidence at both stages of the trial, he intends to pursue all of his available appellate remedies. Mr. McIntyre plans to put his time awaiting justice to good use, focusing on his creative work and advocating for legislative reform concerning Texas’ treatment of juvenile defendants and the adult-certification process generally.