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Texas high school football coach, David Temple, 51, found GUILTY again, in retrial, of murdering his 8-month pregnant wife Belinda, in 1999, so he could marry his blonde co-worker

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;403535&semi;"><strong>A second bite of the apple did not help a reprieved murder convict as a retrial&comma; again found a high school football coach&comma; 51&comma; guilty of murdering his pregnant wife in 1999 so he could marry his blonde co-worker<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;403535&semi;"><strong>David Temple was found guilty of the 1999 murder of his wife Belinda Temple in a Houston&comma; Texas court on Monday<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;403535&semi;"><strong>High school teacher Belinda was shot in the back of the head at close range inside the couple&&num;8217&semi;s home in Katy&comma; Houston<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;403535&semi;"><strong>The mother of a three-year-old son was eight months pregnant at the time<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;403535&semi;"><strong>Prosecutors allege Temple killed his wife&comma; washed off&comma; then left home to go to the store&comma; only to return later and stage a burglary <&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;403535&semi;"><strong>The football coach testimony revealed&comma; was having an affair with a coworker&comma; Heather Scott&comma; who he later married <&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;403535&semi;"><strong>Temple&comma; who coached at Alief Hastings High School&comma; was found guilty of her murder in 2007 and sentenced to life in prison&comma; but that sentence was overturned <&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;403535&semi;"><strong>He&&num;8217&semi;d served almost 10 years in prison before the first verdict was reversed&comma; and his retrial began in June 2019<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;403535&semi;"><strong>He again faces a range of punishment from probation to up to life in prison<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img-group floatRHS">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"overlay-icon mobile-gallery">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"mobile-gallery-icon"><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;"><br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-324658" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;08&sol;david-temple&period;jpg" alt&equals;"david temple&period;jpg" width&equals;"1200" height&equals;"799" &sol;>Former high school football coach&comma; David Temple&comma; &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; was found guilty for the second time&comma; of the 1999 murder of his wife Belinda&comma; who eight months&&num;8217&semi; pregnant&comma; so he cud move on with his mistress <&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">A former high school football coach was found guilty for a second time of the 1999 murder of his pregnant wife in Texas as he was having an affair with a coworker&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;David Temple&comma; 51&comma; was accused of shooting his wife&comma; Belinda&comma; who was eight months&&num;8217&semi; pregnant when she was killed in 1999&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Temple&comma; who coached at Alief Hastings High School&comma; was found guilty of her murder in 2007 and sentenced to life in prison&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;ronmat96&period;fxexperts&period;hop&period;clickbank&period;net"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;wallstreet-forex&period;com&sol;images&sol;banners&sol;wsfr&lowbar;2&lowbar;evolution&lowbar;768x90&lowbar;1&period;jpg" rel&equals;"prettyPhoto"><&sol;a><br &sol;>&NewLine;However nine years later the Court of Criminal Appeals overturned his conviction&comma; claiming that prosecutors hid or delayed turning over hundreds of pages of evidence to Temple&&num;8217&semi;s defense team&comma; <a class&equals;"class" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;abc13&period;com&sol;david-temple-convicted-of-pregnant-wifes-murder-timeline&sol;5355207&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"nofollow noopener noreferrer">ABC13<&sol;a> reported&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;He served almost 10 years in prison before the first verdict was reversed&comma; and his retrial got underway in June 2019&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;David Temple&&num;8217&semi;s re-trial got underway in June 2019&period; During closing arguments&comma; State prosecutor Lisa Tanner was reported by the <a class&equals;"class" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;houstonchronicle&period;com&sol;news&sol;houston-texas&sol;houston&sol;article&sol;Jurors-deliberating-in-David-Temple-s-re-trial-14282239&period;php" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"nofollow noopener noreferrer">Houston Chronicle<&sol;a> as saying&colon; &&num;8216&semi;The circumstances are damning&period; Only one person could do this&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Temple’s retrial concluded on Tuesday after three weeks of witness testimony and about eight hours of jury deliberation&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"overlay-icon mobile-gallery">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"mobile-gallery-icon"><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;"><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-324649" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;08&sol;david-Temple-and-Belinda-Temple-1-1373422620-1565214665973&period;jpg" alt&equals;"david Temple and Belinda Temple 1" width&equals;"776" height&equals;"571" &sol;><strong>Prosecutors argued that David Temple&comma; &lbrack;photo&comma; left with Belinda and their son&rsqb;&comma; shot his wife&comma; then changed his clothes and left their home in Katy&comma; Texas to go to the store&period; They alleged he returned later and staged a burglary scene <&sol;strong>  <&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-324661" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;08&sol;David-Temple-3&period;jpg" alt&equals;"David Temple 3&period;JPG" width&equals;"806" height&equals;"461" &sol;><strong>David Temple was freed in 2017&comma; after his conviction for killing of his pregnant wife was overturned by the Texas Supreme Court for prosecutorial misconduct&comma; while awaiting the possibility of a new trial<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mobile-gallery-icon"><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;">Prosecutors argued that David Temple shot and killed his 8-month pregnant wife&comma; then changed his clothes and left their Texas home to go to the store&period; He allegedly returned later and staged a burglary scene&period; <&sol;span><&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">He told authorities that he came home from a trip to the park and store with the couple&&num;8217&semi;s 3-year-old son and found his wife dead amid an apparent burglary&period; She was found in the house with a gunshot wound to the back of the head&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;placement &equals; "adunit0"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;search&lowbar;bar &equals; "true"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;tracking&lowbar;id &equals; "konniemomen09-20"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;ad&lowbar;mode &equals; "manual"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;ad&lowbar;type &equals; "smart"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;marketplace &equals; "amazon"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;region &equals; "US"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;title &equals; "My Amazon Picks"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;linkid &equals; "bdb39f6310f412f761c8bf36116a239b"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;asins &equals; "B07B48SQGT&comma;B07HDGH3PV&comma;B07CRSK5DM&comma;B07DBX67NC&comma;B07DHZMQZS"&semi;&NewLine;<&sol;script><br &sol;>&NewLine;<script src&equals;"&sol;&sol;z-na&period;amazon-adsystem&period;com&sol;widgets&sol;onejs&quest;MarketPlace&equals;US"><&sol;script><br &sol;>&NewLine;Prosecutors argued that Temple&comma; who was having an affair with a coworker&comma; Heather Scott&comma; killed Belinda with a close-contact shotgun wound shortly after she arrived home from getting soup for their son who was sick&comma; ABC 13 reported&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;He later changed his clothing&comma; washed his hands and went out to the store&period; He returned home and staged a burglary&comma; the prosecution said&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;">The defense team argued that  that their client had no time to murder his wife due to a &&num;8216&semi;narrow window&&num;8217&semi; of opportunity that he had to murder his wife&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;span>They countered that the killing happened while Temple was at the store <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;houstonchronicle&period;com&sol;news&sol;houston-texas&sol;houston&sol;article&sol;Jurors-deliberating-in-David-Temple-s-re-trial-14282239&period;php">by a 16-year-old neighbor<&sol;a>&period; They said the teenager had a grievance with Belinda Temple&comma; who was his teacher at Katy High School&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;It was reported that Temple was having an affair when his wife was killed and later went on to marry his mistress&comma; Heather Scott&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"overlay-icon mobile-gallery">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"mobile-gallery-icon"><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;"><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-324648" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;08&sol;David-Temple-right-with-his-mistress-Heather-Scott-left-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"David Temple &lbrack;right&rsqb;&comma; with his mistress&comma; Heather Scott&comma; &lbrack;left&rsqb; 1" width&equals;"785" height&equals;"575" &sol;>Testimony revealed that <strong>David Temple&comma; &lbrack;right&rsqb;&comma; was having an affair with co-worker Heather Scott &lbrack;left&rsqb;&comma; who he married two years after the death of his first wife&period; She has stayed with him through his first conviction and 10-year-jail stint&comma; finally filing for divorce as his second trial for murder got underway in June<&sol;strong> <&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<div><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;">Heather remained married to David even after he was found guilty of murder and spent a decade in prison&period; She filed for divorce on July 8&comma; when Temple&&num;8217&semi;s retrial was beginning&period;<&sol;span><&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">Last month&comma; jurors saw emails from 1999 that showed Heather Temple communicating with David Temple and another teacher at the school&comma; ABC 13 reported&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;&lpar;They were&rpar; some bad choices&comma;&&num;8217&semi; said Heather from the stand&period; &&num;8216&semi;Emailing seemed fun at the time&comma; I know it&&num;8217&semi;s wrong&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Heather and lawyers representing both parties went through the details of when the relationship with Temple began&period; They also dealt with whether she was fully cooperative with officials at the time of Belinda&&num;8217&semi;s death&period;<span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;"> <&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"overlay-icon mobile-gallery">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"mobile-gallery-icon"><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;"><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-324651" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;08&sol;david-Temple-and-Belinda-Temple-wedding-day-2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"david Temple and Belinda Temple wedding day 2" width&equals;"1298" height&equals;"731" &sol;><strong>Belinda&&num;8217&semi;s family and friends say she suspected her husband was having cheating on her&period; He allegedly did not want their second child either<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"overlay-icon mobile-gallery">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"mobile-gallery-icon"><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;"><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;"><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-324650" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;08&sol;david-Temple-and-Belinda-Temple-3&period;jpg" alt&equals;"david Temple and Belinda Temple 3" width&equals;"781" height&equals;"398" &sol;><strong>Temple &lbrack;seen here with Belinda&rsqb;&comma; <&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;span><strong><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;">again faces a range of punishment from probation to up to life in prison<&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"mobile-gallery-icon"><strong><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;"><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-324657" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;08&sol;Romy-Kaplan-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Romy Kaplan 1&period;jpg" width&equals;"1200" height&equals;"800" &sol;>Defense attorney Romy Kaplan shows the jury a photograph of Temple and his son&comma; Evan&comma; walking into a Brookshire Brothers restaurant as an alibi to support Temple during his closing argument in the murder retrial of Temple in Houston on Monday<&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mobile-gallery-icon"><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;">Temple&&num;8217&semi;s defense team had argued that their client wasn&&num;8217&semi;t capable of committing murder just because he had an affair&period;<&sol;span><&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">&&num;8216&semi;It has been a long process but she&&num;8217&semi;s holding her head up&comma; she&&num;8217&semi;s testifying now&comma; she&&num;8217&semi;s doing good today&comma;&&num;8217&semi; said Kathy Adibe&comma; Heather&&num;8217&semi;s newly hired divorce attorney told ABC 13 in July&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Prosecutors had claimed that the couple’s marriage seemed perfect idyllic&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;However Belinda&&num;8217&semi;s sister and friends claimed that David Temple had mocked his wife for gaining weight during her pregnancy&comma; and she was concerned that her husband didn&&num;8217&semi;t want a second child&comma; the Houston Chronicle reported&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;placement &equals; "adunit0"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;search&lowbar;bar &equals; "true"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;tracking&lowbar;id &equals; "konniemomen09-20"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;ad&lowbar;mode &equals; "manual"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;ad&lowbar;type &equals; "smart"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;marketplace &equals; "amazon"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;region &equals; "US"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;title &equals; "My Amazon Picks"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;linkid &equals; "0f665d409dbd0268f1546eb130db6fd9"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;asins &equals; "B00CH9QWOU&comma;B079BXT1X8&comma;B001CNG7RY&comma;B007K9OIMU&comma;B075KWSSR8&comma;B0027Z8VES&comma;B076DKX8WS&comma;B00FL6PCF6&comma;B076FJ92M4&comma;B07P6SGD8B"&semi;&NewLine;<&sol;script><br &sol;>&NewLine;<script src&equals;"&sol;&sol;z-na&period;amazon-adsystem&period;com&sol;widgets&sol;onejs&quest;MarketPlace&equals;US"><&sol;script><br &sol;>&NewLine;The trial head that Belinda suspected her husband was an affair and he reportedly professed his love for her just three days prior to Belinda’s death&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The trial heard that Scott had tried to end the relationship as he was married&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;She married him two years after his first wife&&num;8217&semi;s death&period; Defense had argued that he wasn&&num;8217&semi;t capable of murder just because he had an affair&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;This betrayal does not prove he killed her&comma;&&num;8217&semi; attorney Stanley Schneider said&period; &&num;8216&semi;It proves he’s a lousy husband&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;He again faces a range of punishment from probation to up to life in prison&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;

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