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The trial delay announcement acted as an anti-climactic conclusion to two days of hearings Wednesday and Thursday about what evidence would be allowed at trial and what experts would be allowed to speak.
A local judge will rule by next week whether one of the defendants accused of killing former Greater Memphis Chamber CEO Phil Trenary in 2018 voluntarily confessed to the crime.
The trial for one of the suspects, McKinney Wright, was scheduled to begin Oct. 23, but it has been pushed back to Dec. 4.
Craft approved Wright’s request to separate his trial from Richardson’s. Wright is still scheduled to begin his trial Oct. 23, but Richardson’s new trial date, which will occur later, has not yet been set.
Judge Chris Craft set up one of the suspects in the 2018 slaying of Greater Memphis Chamber president and CEO Phil Trenary with an independent attorney after he was informed of the potential conflict of interest concerning his former defense lawyer becoming an employee of the Shelby County District Attorney’s Office.
The delay is due to a potential conflict of interest in the Shelby County District Attorney’s Office. Lorna McClusky, the defense attorney for McKinney Wright, is now employed by the DA’s office.
McKinney Wright and Quandarius Richardson will begin trial together Dec. 5 in the 2018 shooting death of Phil Trenary.
Shelby County Criminal Court Judge Chris Craft issued the ruling after hearing testimony from psychologists.
Both defendants in the homicide have remained in jail without bond since their 2018 arrests.
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