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STATE OF TENNESSEE v. KEYLONE JONES

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Mar 17, 2026

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: Terrell L. Tooten, Memphis, Tennessee (on appeal and at trial); and C. Alex Jones, Cordova, Tennessee (at trial), for the appellant, Keylone Jones.

Attorneys 2: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; Ronald L. Coleman, Senior Assistant Attorney General; Steven J. Mulroy, District Attorney General; and Jimmy Thomas, William Cranford, Kevin McAlpin, and Leslie Fouche, Assistant District Attorneys General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): MCMULLEN

The Defendant was indicted for one count of first degree premeditated murder for the shooting death of the victim, Michael Hawkins, Jr. Prior to trial, the Defendant filed two motions to suppress his statement to the police, both of which the trial court denied. The trial court granted the Defendant’s motion to suppress a photographic line-up identification. The case proceeded to a jury trial, and the jury convicted the Defendant of second degree murder. The trial court subsequently sentenced the Defendant to twenty years of imprisonment. In this appeal, the Defendant contends that the trial court erred by refusing to suppress his statement. The Defendant also contends that the trial court erred by allowing one of the trial witnesses to identify him in court. Upon our review, we affirm the Defendant’s conviction and sentence. We remand this matter for the entry of a corrected judgment order.

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