(Seguin) — The sentencing phase, in the capital murder trial for a Seguin native, is now underway in Lubbock.
The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal reports that Hollis “Reid” Daniels entered a guilty plea on Monday as his trial was set to begin in a Lubbock courtroom. The plea immediately pushed the trial into the sentencing phase, with testimony starting on Tuesday.
Daniels, who’s now 24-years old, has admitted that he shot and killed a campus police officer in the briefing room at the Texas Tech Police Department. Officer Floyd East was killed in October of 2017. East had earlier arrested Daniels on a drug charge.
Daniels now faces either the death penalty or life in prison without parole.
Testimony in the sentencing phase is expected to resume on Wednesday.