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Menifee Gets 40 Years for Studio Murder
A Fort Bend County jury convicted Christian Perry Menifee, 25, of murder and sentenced him to 40 years for shooting his cousin, Tyler Hicks, inside a Sugar Land recording studio in 2021. He has to serve 20 years before he can be considered for parole.
By Crime Talk Network Staff Writer ·
Self-defense was the case he put to the jury, and the jury did not accept it. Forty years is the sentence, and half of that has to be served before parole is even a request. Tyler Hicks was 19, and he is dead.
On Monday, Nov. 9, a Fort Bend County jury convicted Christian Perry Menifee, 25, of Humble, of murder and assessed 40 years in prison. Under that term he must serve at least 20 years before he is eligible for parole.
On May 15, 2021, Menifee and his cousin, Tyler Hicks, 19, were with relatives and friends at a recording studio inside a boxing gym in Sugar Land. Menifee shot Hicks 12 times. People in the room, including a music producer, said the session was peaceful until Menifee drew a gun and opened fire.
Video from the sheriff's investigation showed Menifee leaving with the gun while the others ran out ahead of him. He discarded the weapon, went home to Humble, and was arrested the next day. Investigators found the gun a few days later. A firearms expert said shell casings at the studio matched it.
Menifee admitted killing Hicks and told the jury he acted in self-defense. The jury rejected that account and found him guilty of murder. Prosecutors described Hicks as an aspiring musician.
All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
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