The Brief
- Travis County DA’s office files for discretionary review connected to Christopher Taylor acquittal
- Taylor was acquitted of all charges by an appeals court in late December
- He was convicted of deadly conduct in October 2024 for a deadly officer-involved shooting in 2019
AUSTIN, Texas – The Travis County District Attorney’s office has filed a petition for discretionary review related to the acquittal of former Austin police officer Christopher Taylor, who was acquitted by an appeals court in late December.
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What has happened so far
The backstory:
A jury convicted Taylor of deadly conduct in Oct. 2024 after three days of deliberations. He was charged in connection with the officer-involved shooting of Dr. Mauris DeSilva in 2019.
The shooting
On July 31, 2019, Austin Police received several 911 calls around 5 p.m. from the Spring Condominiums in downtown Austin about a man having a mental health crisis holding a knife to his own throat.…