STATE OF TENNESSEE v. LAQUALA MALONE - Articles

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Posted by: Azya Thornton on May 28, 2026

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: Blake Daniel Ballin, Memphis, Tennessee, for the appellant, Laquala Malone.

Attorneys 2: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; William C. Lundy, Assistant Attorney General; Steven J. Mulroy, District Attorney General; and Marie Ford, Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): SWORD

The Defendant, Laquala Malone, pled guilty in the Shelby County Criminal Court to one count of aggravated assault. Following a sentencing hearing, the trial court denied the Defendant’s application for judicial diversion and imposed a three-year sentence to be served on supervised probation. The Defendant appeals, arguing that the trial court erred by denying her request for judicial diversion. Discerning no error, we affirm.

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