TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Oct 5, 2020

A trial date has been set in the case against Tennessee state Sen. Katrina Robinson of Memphis, WREG reports. Robinson, who is charged with theft and fraud, will face trial starting Sept. 13, 2021. Defense lawyers argued for a delay in the trial saying they have nearly 20,000 documents to review and as many as 60 witnesses to interview, all of which is difficult given the COVID-19 pandemic. The government did not disagree, saying that a trial of this magnitude should be held when health restrictions are somewhat lifted. Robinson was indicted for alleged misuse of federal grant money that was given to The Healthcare Institute, a nursing school she directed. Investigators said she used $2 million meant for the school on personal debt, travel, clothes, cars and her family.