TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Azya Thornton on Feb 11, 2026

Most criminal cases prosecuted by the Shelby County District Attorney’s Office in 2025 involved misdemeanor charges, according to the office’s annual report released Tuesday. Misdemeanor cases accounted for 65.2% of the office’s criminal caseload, compared with 34.8% for felony cases. The office handled 24,186 misdemeanor cases and 12,900 felony cases, the Daily Memphian reports. In total, the office handled 123,705 cases, including matters in county traffic, environmental and juvenile courts. Major violent crime — including murder, rape and aggravated assault — fell 27.6% in Memphis last year compared with 2024. Of the violent felony cases prosecuted by the office, 41.3% were aggravated assaults, followed by single-digit percentages for murders, rapes and robberies.