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Almost nothing gets tried in Tipton County. Cases resolve, and the ones that reach a jury usually come back the way the State expected.
Attorney William Young has a not guilty verdict from a Tipton County jury. People out there remember them.
Before moving into family and juvenile practice, Will tried Class A and Class B felonies to juries at the Shelby County Criminal Court. That is a different volume of trial work than most attorneys practicing in a small county will ever see, and it shows up in the things that actually decide a case.
Command of the rules of evidence. Holding ground when the State objects. Knowing when a witness has handed you an opening, and taking it.
In that trial the State’s witness was a Tennessee Highway Patrol officer, and the case turned on cross examination.
Practical
Everything is at the Justice Center, 1801 South College Street in Covington, about forty minutes north of Memphis on Highway 51.
Misdemeanors, preliminary hearings in felony cases, traffic, and orders of protection. Docket call begins promptly at 9:00 a.m. The clerk is (901) 475-3310.
A felony that gets bound over goes to the Tipton County grand jury, and if it is indicted it is tried in Circuit Court for the 25th Judicial District. The clerk is (901) 475-3320.
The 25th covers Tipton, Lauderdale, McNairy, Fayette and Hardeman counties. That shapes how dockets get set and how much actually happens on any given court day.
Confirm your date with the clerk before you drive up. Dockets change.
What It Costs
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It goes up with the seriousness of the charge. A misdemeanor in General Sessions and a felony tried to a jury in Circuit Court are not the same work, and pretending otherwise would be dishonest. Orders of protection are quoted separately.
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William Young · Of Counsel · Criminal Defense
Attorney William Young handles criminal defense in Tipton County and throughout West Tennessee. He tried Class A and Class B felonies to juries at the Shelby County Criminal Court before moving into family and juvenile practice, and he brought the rules of evidence with him. He is also NHTSA certified, the same training police receive to administer field sobriety tests.
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Common Questions
At the Justice Center, 1801 South College Street in Covington. General Sessions Court in Suite 102 handles misdemeanors and preliminary hearings in felony cases. Felonies that are bound over go to the grand jury and then to Circuit Court for the 25th Judicial District, in the same building.
Docket call in General Sessions begins promptly at 9:00 a.m. Confirm your date with the clerk, because dockets change. General Sessions is (901) 475-3310 and Circuit is (901) 475-3320.
Because the offer you receive is priced on whether the other side believes it might. An attorney who has tried felonies to juries is a different proposition across the table than one who has never put a case in front of one.
Yes, and he obtained a not guilty verdict from a Tipton County jury. Before moving into family and juvenile practice he tried Class A and Class B felonies to juries at the Shelby County Criminal Court.
Rare enough that people remember them. Most cases there resolve without a trial, and the ones that reach a jury usually come back the way the State expected. Attorney William Young has a not guilty verdict from a Tipton County jury.
The 25th Judicial District covers Tipton, Lauderdale, McNairy, Fayette and Hardeman counties, and the judges and prosecutors ride it. That shapes how dockets are set and how much happens on any given court day.
Fees start at $1,500 and go up with the seriousness of the charge. A misdemeanor in General Sessions and a felony tried to a jury in Circuit Court are not the same work.
Not always. For many routine settings we can appear on your behalf, which matters when Covington is forty minutes north of Memphis and court is at nine in the morning.
Felonies and misdemeanors, DUI, drug charges, domestic assault, theft, weapons charges, probation violations, and orders of protection.
Free consultation. Call before your court date, not the morning of.