Trial date set in state case for officers accused of killing Tyre Nichols
Former Memphis Police officers Justin Smith (back left) and Emmitt Martin III (back right) appear in Judge James Jones’ courtroom on Monday Nov. 6, 2023. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
The state trial is set to take place after the federal case the former Memphis Police Department officers are also facing.
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Tyre NicholsAarron Fleming
Once an intern, he never left, joining the staff full-time in 2022 as an education reporter. He moved to public safety in 2023, where he covered some of the city’s biggest court cases, including the criminal trials for those charged in the deaths of Tyré Nichols and rapper Young Dolph. He also chronicled the Shelby County Jail and the deaths that have occurred at the facility.
He now provides suburban coverage, focusing on DeSoto County and the surrounding municipalities.
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