Ex-police officer given prison time in case prosecuted under Soros DA sees conviction overturned a year later

Key Highlights

• Texas' 7th Court of Appeals has acquitted former Austin Police Department Officer Christopher Taylor, who had previously been convicted in connection with an on-the-job shooting and sentenced to two years in prison.
• "This case comes down to a single, unavoidable question: When an elevator door opens to reveal a man holding a knife who turns toward officers and advances, may an officer reasonably believe deadly force is necessary to prevent an imminent murder?
• The jury concluded no.
• The record and the governing law compel the opposite," the opinion declared.
• "Following a plea of not guilty, Appellant, Christopher Taylor, was found guilty by a jury of deadly conduct by discharging a firearm," the court noted.