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STATE OF TENNESSEE v. JAYSHAWN EDWARD WILLIAMS

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Apr 14, 2026

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: Jackson M. Fenner, Knoxville, Tennessee, for the appellant, Jayshawn Edward Williams.

Attorneys 2: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; Benjamin A. Ball, Senior Assistant Attorney General; Charme P. Allen, District Attorney General; and Jeannine Guzolek and Larry Dillon, Assistant District Attorneys General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): EASTER

Jayshawn Edward Williams, Defendant, was convicted by a jury of second degree murder for the shooting death of Travis Brown in Knoxville. The trial court sentenced Defendant to a thirty-six-year sentence. After the denial of a motion for new trial, Defendant appealed, arguing that the evidence was insufficient to support the conviction because the proof did not establish his identity and because he acted in self-defense. Because we determine the evidence was sufficient to support the conviction, we affirm the judgment of the trial court.

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