There are 5 article(s) tagged Judge Lee Coffee:

• September 2025

  • County reentry head, wife to remain behind bars for now

    DeAndre Brown and Vinessa Brown remain in custody following a bond hearing Friday, Sept. 19, that will carry into next week.

    By Aarron Fleming September 19, 2025

• June 2024

  • Man charged in Memphis crime ring gets lengthy prison sentence

    Carl Turner, one of the original defendants indicted last year for his involvement in a citywide theft ring, pleaded guilty. 

    By Aarron Fleming June 03, 2024

• May 2024

  • Cleotha Abston sentenced for 2021 rape

    Abston, 40, waived his right to a sentencing hearing and agreed to the 80-year sentence in Shelby County Criminal Court Division 7 Judge Lee Coffee’s courtroom Friday, May 17. 

    By Julia Baker May 19, 2024

  • Fatal drag racing case remains unresolved after 7 years

    More than seven years after Cordero Ragland was charged with drag racing after ramming his Dodge Charger into an SUV, he will be back in court Tuesday, May 7. 

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    By Jody Callahan May 06, 2024

• April 2022

  • Judge Lee Coffee strives to treat cases with ‘dignity, respect and civility’

    Judge Lee Coffee has been practicing law for 40 years and has served as a Shelby County criminal court judge for Division VII for 16 years since his election in 2006. 

    By Julia Baker April 11, 2022