TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Paul Burch on Oct 31, 2023

Shelby County Criminal Court Judge Lee Coffee removed himself Friday from the murder trial for the suspects accused of killing Memphis rapper Young Dolph, reports WREG-Memphis. The case will now be sent to the criminal court clerk to be reassigned. An appeals court reversed Coffee’s September decision to reject a motion for recusal. Young Dolph, whose real name was Adolph Thornton Jr., was shot to death at Makeda’s Cookies in Memphis on Nov. 17, 2021. The request for Coffee to recuse himself came after Coffee restricted phone privileges for Justin Johnson, one of the men charged with first-degree murder for the death of Young Dolph.

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