Jury acquits Tamar McIntyre of capital murder but convicts her of lesser-included murder; second phase set

A Bexar County jury found Tamar McIntyre not guilty of capital murder but guilty of the lesser-included offense of murder during the first phase of a multi-count trial on April 22, 2025, the 187th District Court announced.

The jury returned a unanimous verdict on the murder count after deliberations and the court recorded the finding in open court. Judge Stephanie Boyd, 187th District, told the courtroom she would reconvene the trial after jurors break for lunch to begin the second phase.

The court instructed jurors that if they could not reach a unanimous decision on the first indicted theory (capital murder), they should continue deliberating on the elements of capital murder before moving to lesser-included offenses. Defense counsel and the prosecutor each had an opportunity to lodge objections before the court answered juror questions about testimony. The court ultimately provided a targeted excerpt from a witness transcript to clarify a juror dispute and overruled the defense objection to that limited read-back.

The second phase of the trial — which the court said would begin after the lunch recess — will address penalties and any additional elements required by statute or indictment. The judge told counsel and parties to be prepared for the afternoon session.

Proceedings on April 22 included several pretrial and evidentiary rulings that the judge resolved before the jury returned its verdict. The court asked that attorneys ensure any exhibits or redactions be prepared for the record before jurors resumed deliberations.

Court staff escorted the jury to a lunch recess; the court scheduled the afternoon session to continue the trial process.