McKinney Wright and Quandarius Richardson will begin trial together Dec. 5 in the 2018 shooting death of Phil Trenary. 

Turner was charged with first-degree murder for the 2010 shooting of Wright, a former Memphis Grizzlies player.

Katrina Robinson was convicted for two wire fraud counts. She was granted the acquittal of two other wire fraud counts in January. A federal judge ruled Friday afternoon that she will not serve prison time.

Memphis attorney Aaron Neglia pleaded guilty in conspiracy with former Shelby County Assistant District Attorney Glenda Adams to violate the Travel Act, according to court records. 

Autopsy results show Memphis rapper Young Dolph was shot dozens of times Nov. 17, 2021, as he bought cookies at his favorite bakery. 

Memphis Allies, a gun violence reduction initiative, has launched through Youth Villages and hopes to reach 2,000 youth and adults over the next four years to get them out of the life of gun violence. The $60 million initiative has launched first in the Raleigh-Frayser area. 

The issue of crime — violent crime in particular — is center stage in the race for Shelby County Mayor, where the first stop is the May Democratic primary.

The trial of Billy Ray Turner, accused in connection with the fatal shooting death of former NBA star Lorenzen Wright, is slated to begin Monday, March 14. 

Memphis Black Lives Matter activist Pamela Moses and her legal team called Friday, March 11, for charges against her over alleged voter fraud to be dismissed. 

Shelby County District Attorney General Amy Weirich, seeking a second eight-year term, has resisted creating a conviction review unit. 

Barksdale served as sheriff from 1976 to 1986.

Legal and community advocates request that Shelby County commissioners hire an independent auditor to conduct a racial equity audit into Shelby County District Attorney General Amy Weirich and her office.

Memphis police said a newborn was found dead on the side of Raleigh-LaGrange Road Sunday. They are searching for information about who left the child along the roadway. 

Some states require police to keep DNA evidence until the person convicted dies. But in Tennessee, it can be destroyed after a conviction is rendered, leaving no way for many cases to be revisited.

“This clinic is a way to offer people opportunities to get them back on the right track,” Shelby County Criminal Court Clerk Heidi Kuhn said.

A second person has been charged in connection with the fatal shooting of Drew Rainer, a Rhodes College student who was killed last year during a home invasion robbery. 

Shelby County Criminal Court Clerk Heidi Kuhn is holding her 15th expungement clinic for those seeking to clear their criminal records. The clinic will be March 5 at First Baptist Church Broad. 

Only nine states in the nation require former felons to pay off fines, fees or court costs before being allowed to vote again. Tennessee is one of them.

Two of the three Democratic candidates running for Shelby County District Attorney came together Monday to call for unity and a change to the criminal justice system by defeating current District Attorney Amy Weirich. 

A judge Friday ordered a new trial for activist Pamela Moses after she was convicted for illegally attempting to register to vote. A new trial date has not been set. 

Rainess Holmes made a court appearance on Friday, Feb. 25.

Glenda Adams faces up to five years in prison.

Rainess Holmes has been indicted in fatal shooting of Andrew ‘Drew’ Rainer, a Rhodes College student who was shot and killed last year in a home invasion robbery. 

“If we can expand this liaison partnership into other precincts, we can expand that work and keep children from coming into the juvenile court system,” Juvenile Court Judge Dan Michael said.