Timothy Simpkins faced additional charges in the shooting after being convicted of attempted capital murder in July.
“This office does not participate in or condone vindictive prosecution,” the Tarrant County district attorney’s office said in a written statement. “Additional charges were filed against this defendant due to admissions during his testimony in his first trial. All of his cases are resolved.”about the outcome of the cases, allegations made about the prosecution and the plea agreement reached in Simpkins’ cases.
Simpkins was also fined $6,000 in his July conviction. Other counts Simpkins faced were dismissed, according to court records. “Defense has no knowledge of any public outcry or interest of justice that could be served by filing all of these new charges,” the motion says, adding that Simpkins was settled into being incarcerated and arguing that the shooting “involved a defensive” response to an attack.The shooting, in which Simpkins was convicted of attempted capital murder, happened at Timberview High School on Oct.