TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Barry Kolar on Oct 3, 2023

Three of the five former Memphis police officers charged with the beating, and later death, of Tyre Nichols will not be tried separately as they had requested, the Commercial Appeal reports. Shelby County Criminal Court Judge James Jones Jr. ruled Monday that the attorneys did not "show how any antagonism between co-defendants necessitates a separate trial, nor has he shown how he will be hindered in presenting his defense at a joint trial."