Texas man freed on bond ahead of retrial in wife's 1999 killing
HOUSTON -- A Houston-area man who was granted a new trial after his conviction in the 1999 killing of his pregnant wife has been freed on bond.
David Mark Temple walked out of the Harris County Jail late Wednesday afternoon after nine years in a Texas prison.
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals last month ruled the outcome of Temple’s trial would have been different if a Harris County prosecutor hadn’t withheld evidence from his attorneys and had disclosed other evidence to them sooner. “48 Hours” investigated the case and raised questions about the conviction in the episode, “Playing by the Rules?”
Prosecutors accused Temple of staging a burglary at his suburban Houston home and fatally shooting his wife, Belinda, because he was having an affair. She was seven months’ pregnant. He wasn’t charged until five years later.
Temple, a former football coach and high school football star in Katy, has always maintained his innocence.
“Two angels left to go to heaven a long time ago and justice hadn’t been served one day for them yet,” he told “48 Hours.”
Temple is due in court next week for a hearing.
