BELTON, Texas — A Bell County jury found Marvin Guy guilty of murder in the capital murder trial over the 2014 death of Killeen Police Detective Chuck Dinwiddie on Tuesday, Nov. 21.
Guy was charged with capital murder in the case, but the jury found him guilty of the lesser charge of murder.
Both Guy's and Dinwiddie's families had mixed emotions on the verdict.
Dinwiddie's sister Ellen Dinwiddie-Smith told 6 News that, because of Guy's prior offenses, he should have received a capital murder charge.
"His life shows a pattern of violence and lawlessness, which demonstrates he can never be a productive member of society," Dinwiddie-Smith shared.
A conviction for Capital Murder in Texas is punished as a capital felony, making the offense punishable by death, life imprisonment or life imprisonment without parole, according to Saputo Law.
Guy has prior offenses including possession of a firearm and bank robbery. Still, Guy's brother Garett Galloway said Guy was steering his life in the right direction before all of this happened.
Galloway said he also believes prosecutors were just set on giving his brother any charge that would stick.
"The same thing happened with other people in the past and they've been found not guilty or haven't even been charged," Galloway added. "In this case, it seems like the justice system says 'If we want to get you we're gonna get you.'"
One thing both families agreed on was that they were both glad the experience was over. Galloway said he was glad that both families would now be able to have closure.
When the verdict was announced, Dinwiddie's family almost immediately left the courtroom to meet with a grief counselor. Dinwiddie-Smith said after nine years of waiting, the family is still left in pain after losing someone so special to them.
"Chuck paid the ultimate sacrifice in service to others," Dinwiddie-Smith said. "He died as he lived, striving to make the world a better place, protected others and is leaving a legacy that we should all strive to live up to."
"We loved Chuck," the Dinwiddie family told 6 News, "You would have loved him too."
Galloway told 6 News he had spoken to his brother a few days before the verdict and Guy told him to not get his hopes up because he still had two additional cases against him.
"Even if it was a not guilty verdict, there's still no winner," Galloway added. "We came into it knowing he would be charged with something and that's exactly what happened.
The jury will return to the courtroom on Monday, Nov. 27 for the next phase of the trial.