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“My father wasn’t spared, but, unfortunately, the legal system has spared you,” said Phil Trenary’s son, Pearce Trenary, during a sentencing hearing for Quandarius Richardson. “Today marks the end of a long, painful case.”
The second defendant in the killing of Greater Memphis Chamber CEO Phil Trenary agreed to a plea deal Thursday, May 16.
Quandarius Richardson is scheduled to go to trial next year, and the Shelby County District Attorney’s Office indicated Tuesday that his former co-defendant’s deal could have been a precursor to a tougher prosecution push for Richardson.
“I don’t think there’s ever a great resolution in this,” Trenary’s daughter, Brittney Rowe, told The Daily Memphian. “It’s the lesser of a bunch of very difficult choices. But here we are.”
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.
Terri Bosby has presided over 50 ribbon-cuttings for the Greater Memphis Chamber this year, or more than two a week. At a difficult time in Memphis, Bosby is reminding us what determination and enthusiasm can do.
“This is a destination job for me,” said Townsend, who recently celebrated 100 days as the Greater Memphis Chamber’s president and CEO. In that time, Townsend has met with 100 business leaders, attended 44 ribbon cuttings and had a lot of conversations about public safety.
The suspects in the slaying of Greater Memphis Chamber CEO Phil Trenary saw their trial pushed back almost a full year — to October 23, 2023 — following a conflict-of-interest delay.
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.
Dozens of friends and family members gathered Friday at Southern Airways Memphis hanger to honor Trenary, who was an aviation industry executive and played a key role in guiding Southern Airways through its early days.
The then-16-year-old girl who had charges dropped against her in the slaying of Greater Memphis Chamber CEO Phil Trenary has now been charged with attempted first degree-murder.
Five companies received inaugural Gold Standard Certification, a program created via the chamber’s Protest to Progress initiative.
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.
Although Memphis has long battled perceptions (and reality) about its crime rate, community leaders say it’s not as much of a factor in economic recruitment efforts as one might expect.
The gravity of violent crime continues to loom over Memphis like an ominous storm cloud that stubbornly refuses to break up and move on.
Two men have been indicted in the September shooting death of Greater Memphis Chamber president and CEO Phil Trenary.
Phil Trenary is honored by the Memphis City Council with the 2018 Humanitarian Award for his unifying spirit and promotion of racial harmony among all men.
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