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STATE OF TENNESSEE v. KEELAN WASHINGTON

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Nov 4, 2025

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: Phyllis Aluko, District Public Defender; Harry E. Sayle III, Assistant District Public Defender, Memphis, Tennessee, for the appellant, Keelan Washington.

Attorneys 2: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; Caroline Weldon, Assistant Attorney General; Steven J. Mulroy, District Attorney General; and Fredericka Brown, Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): EASTER

Defendant, Keelan Washington, appeals the trial court’s denial of his petition for judicial diversion. Defendant asserts that the trial court abused its discretion by failing to set forth its reasons for denying diversion and by failing to comply with the purposes and principles of the Sentencing Act. After a review of the record, we reverse the judgments of the trial court and remand for proceedings consistent with this opinion.

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