A person accused of taking pictures into the incorrect residence and killing a 9-year-old lady in East Dallas took a plea deal Monday.
Tyrese Simmons agreed to five years in state jail for manslaughter and two years for leaping bail. This comes after a mistrial was declared when two witnesses modified their story because the case went to trial.
Final Wednesday, he pled not responsible earlier than Decide Hector Garza within the 195th District Court docket.
The trial was initially supposed to start out final summer season however police stated Simmons went on the run, simply days earlier than he was scheduled to face earlier than the choose. He was finally caught in Oklahoma and put in jail final August.
Simmons is accused of firing 5 bullets into an residence on Munger Avenue in August 2019 and killing 9-year-old Brandoniya Bennett, who was simply days away from beginning 4th grade.
Dallas police stated Simmons was in a struggle with one other rapper and mistook the residence for his rival’s.
Simmons surrendered to police the day after the taking pictures however was launched on bond months later. Then final summer season, simply forward of his trial, police stated he reduce off his ankle monitor and fled.
In opening arguments Wednesday morning, protection attorneys advised jurors the proof was missing.
“We all know what the details present on this case. The proof will present there may be not an eye fixed witness on this taking pictures, no gun, no fingerprints, and no DNA,” stated protection lawyer Josh Healy.
His protection additionally claimed there was an absence of detective work on this case and that these detectives – who can be referred to as to testify on this trial – did not interview the 2 fundamental culprits within the supposed struggle.
