TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Kate Prince on Aug 18, 2021

A Nashville judge today exonerated Paul Shane Garrett in a 2000 murder case of a woman in North Nashville, the Tennessean reports. Davidson County Criminal Court Judge Angelita Dalton earlier this month overturned Garrett’s manslaughter conviction, but formally dismissed all charges against him today. DNA evidence connecting another man to the murder was found, but not fully investigated until 2011 and not reviewed for a second time until this year. Garrett was represented by Tennessee Innocence Project Executive Director Jessica Van Dyke and co-counsel Stephen Johnson with the firm Ritchie, Davies, Johnson & Stovall. "For Mr. Garrett, this has been a slow walk toward justice, and we are honored to finish this journey with him and his family,” Van Dyke said.