Skahan weighs new sentence in Pervis Payne case
Pervis Payne sits next to his attorney Kelley Henry while in Shelby County Criminal Court Judge Paula Skahan's courtroom July 16, 2021. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
Criminal Court Judge Paula Skahan took under advisement Tuesday, Dec. 14, two days of testimony in a hearing that will determine whether Pervis Payne serves two life sentences concurrently or consecutively for the 1987 murders of Charisse Christopher and her 2-year-old daughter, Lacie, in Millington
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