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Shelby Commission Delays Filling Robinson’s Seat as Feds Seek 30-month Sentence

Posted by: Kate Prince on Feb 8, 2022

Shelby County commissioners yesterday agreed to delay making decisions about filling the seat of former state Sen. Katrina Robinson, D-Memphis, the Daily Memphian reports. The Senate last week expelled Robinson following her October conviction on four counts of federal wire fraud. U.S. Judge Sheryl Lipman later threw out two of those convictions. The county commission is responsible for appointing someone to finish Robinson’s term, but whether they will is an open question. Commissioner Van Turner said appointing someone would “give credence to what we think would be a grave injustice.” According to the Tennessee Lookout, federal prosecutors have asked a judge to impose a two-and-a-half-year sentence on Robinson, claiming she has shown a “defiant refusal to accept responsibility” for the convictions. They are also appealing Lipman’s decision to toss of the convictions. Robinson is appealing her conviction.

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