TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Julia Wilburn on Mar 30, 2023

The Chattanooga Times Free Press reports that Angel Bumpass — the Chattanooga woman convicted in a murder committed when she was 13 — has begun talks with the prosecution in efforts to resolve the case. Bumpass was found guilty of first-degree premeditated murder at age 24, almost 10 years after the slaying of Franklin Bonner. She was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole at age 84. Former Hamilton County Criminal Court Judge Tom Greenholtz, who presided over Bumpass' original trial, granted her a new trial a few weeks before his appointment to the Tennessee Criminal Court of Appeals last year. Her attorney, William Massey, said he is trying to come to a resolution for his client without going back to trial.