Court Reports
Published 12:01 am Sunday, June 19, 2016
In Warren County Circuit Court for the week ending Friday, June 10:
•Kentrell Lamar Williams, 23, 113 Pecan St., Tallulah, plead guilty to second degree murder and possession of a weapon after felony conviction.
Circuit Court Judge M. James Chaney sentenced him to 25 years to serve for second-degree murder, and four years to serve for possession of a weapon after felony conviction, a $1,000 fine and $384.50 in costs. The sentences will be served consecutively.
Williams was charged in the shooting death of Jimmy Johnson, 32, also of Tallulah, who was shot at LD’s Restaurant and Lounge on Mulberry Street as police were on scene responding to another incident about shots fired at the business. Johnson died about an hour later at Merit Health River Region Medical Center.