Overview
- A Harris County jury delivered the guilty verdict Thursday after about eight hours of deliberations, according to courtroom reporting.
- The punishment phase opened Friday with a two-to-20-year sentencing range and possible probation, and Chambers remained in the Harris County Jail.
- Police and trial records say Joseph McMullin, 33, was hit on a Montrose sidewalk near Voodoo Doughnuts around 2:30 a.m. on April 19, 2023.
- Prosecutors presented hospital toxicology indicating an approximately .301 plasma alcohol level about an hour after the crash and a urine test positive for cocaine, evidence the defense challenged.
- A $1 million wrongful-death lawsuit filed by McMullin’s family against Chambers and others is still pending in civil court.