Kosoul Chanthakoummane killed Sarah Anne Walker on July 8, 2006, at a McKinney model home during a robbery attempt that “didn’t go very well,” defense attorney Keith Gore admitted during opening arguments on Monday in Judge Charles Sandoval’s 380th District Court.Gore, an associate of lead defense attorney Steven Miears, said his hope is that the jury of eight men and six women, including alternates, would not sentence Chanthakoummane to death, but instead to life in prison without parole.The district attorney’s office is seeking the death penalty in the murder of Walker, 40, a Realtor for D.R. Horton Homes, who was beaten and repeatedly stabbed in a Craig Ranch model townhome. However, her father, Joe Walker, has previously said he does not want Chanthakoummane to be executed.“If the evidence comes in like we expect it to, we expect this jury to honor its oath and find our client guilty,” Miears said. “We just hope they’ll keep an open mind and remember that execution is reserved for the worst of the worst.” Story....
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