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A Shelby County jury convicted Jimmari Sykes of second-degree murder in the 2023 parking-lot shooting of Jonathan Farris.
The Shelby County District Attorney's Office said a jury found Jimmari Sykes guilty as charged of second-degree murder in the Oct. 8, 2023, shooting death of Jonathan Farris. Action News 5 and WREG reported the verdict this month. The shooting was in the parking lot at 1740 N. Germantown Parkway in Cordova, outside Xperience Kitchen & Cocktails. A sentencing date has not been set.
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A second-degree murder verdict is the jury's finding on the charge that was tried. It is not a sentence. The district attorney said the jury returned the verdict Saturday after a weeklong trial, and the office announced it Oct. 5, 2026. What the judge will impose is still ahead.
The district attorney's office said Memphis police were called at about 1:50 a.m. on Oct. 8, 2023, to the parking lot in front of 1740 Germantown Parkway and found Farris with a gunshot wound. He was taken to Regional One Hospital and pronounced dead. Action News 5 placed the lot outside Xperience Kitchen & Cocktails. The office said witnesses told police the lot was crowded after a nearby club let out. Investigators later developed Sykes as a suspect, and multiple witnesses identified him in photographic lineups. WREG reported the same identification and the same pending sentencing date.
Associate Deputy District Attorney Monica Timmerman and Assistant District Attorney Shaun Schielke prosecuted the case, the office said. The jury found Sykes guilty as charged of second-degree murder. A sentencing date is forthcoming. A guilty verdict on the charged count is the finding. The punishment is a later hearing.
All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
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