TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Kate Prince on Dec 7, 2021

The Tennessee Supreme Court has upheld the death sentence of Urshawn Miller, who was convicted of the 2015 murder of a convenience store employee in Jackson. A Madison County jury convicted Miller on a variety of charges, including first-degree premeditated murder and first-degree felony murder, for which they imposed the death penalty. After its mandatory review, the Tennessee Supreme Court confirmed Miller’s death sentence. Justice Sharon Lee wrote a separate concurring and dissenting opinion in which she agreed with the high court’s affirmation of the convictions, but dissented from the court’s decision to uphold the death penalty, writing that such a sentence violates Miller’s Eighth Amendment right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment. Read the full release from the Administrative Office of the Courts.

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