Posted on 11/21/2023 9:52:29 AM PST by yesthatjallen
A Memphis man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to voluntary manslaughter over two years after he reportedly shot and killed a man who was taking out the trash after dinner.
Court records show 24-year-old Metavious Bishop was first charged with second-degree murder for the July 2021 slaying, but he pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of voluntary manslaughter on October 26, 2023.
He was sentenced to 10 years in state prison on Monday.
According to the arrest affidavit, on the night of July 8, 2021, officers found 24-year-old Ray Taylor shot to death in the driveway of a home on Yellowood Cove in Northeast Memphis.
The affidavit says Taylor was taking the trash out after dinner when he was shot.
Police say Bishop’s girlfriend was inside the house at the time of the shooting. She told officers that Bishop called her earlier that night and told her to meet him outside with the car keys.
After the gunshots rang out, the girlfriend went outside to find Taylor on the ground and Bishop’s phone and cigars on top of her car.
Bishop also reportedly sent a Snapchat to her after the shooting, alleging Taylor had threatened him “a while back.”
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Oh, that’s one of those ‘Man Pills’.
we need to get back to swift justice and the death penalty for taking any life
Metavirus....sounds better to me.
Try “Mischievous”...easier to pronounce
Isn’t he one of the Bishops, Francis wants to make Cardinal to pack the Colkege of Cardinals. ????
He was black and an athlete.
He was killed on a street just behind the veterinarian’s office where I take my cats and rabbits.
It’s not a bad neighborhood, not the ghetto. Just a middle class area.
Guy was at the wrong place at the wrong time.
Bummer...
Perp should serve life
If he could, he would!...........🤦♂️
Why would there need to be a plea bargain? Execute him, then give him 40 more years to good measure.
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