MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Tennessee State Sen. Katrina Robinson filed a motion on Friday, October 8 for acquittal or for a new trial.
In the motion, Robinson's attorneys said "the Government created a mess in this case when they over-reached and charged Ms. Robinson with crimes, which they simply could not prove. The Court was forced to strike days of testimony, and the Government, then, facing a likely acquittal on almost all of the counts, shifted their theory and allegations in contravention of the Fifth Amendment."
During the trial in September, a federal judge acquitted Robinson on 15 of the 20 charges she was facing. The charges alleged she misused federal grant money awarded to a health care school she operated. Prosecutors accused her of using federal funds awarded to the school she founded in Memphis for personal expenses.
Sentencing is set for 9 a.m. on Wednesday, January 5, 2022.
Robinson still faces some federal charges in separate case.
Robinson is a Memphis Democrat elected to the Tennessee General Assembly in 2018.