Here’s the federal sentencing date for the ex-MPD officers in Tyre Nichols’ case
Justin Smith, Tadarius Bean and Demetrius Haley were found not guilty on all state charges, but they were convicted of other charges in their federal trial in 2024.
Gabriel Huff
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Five former Memphis Police officers who worked in the SCORPION unit await federal sentencing in connection with the beating death of Tyre Nichols.
United States District Court Judge Mark Norris previously delayed the federal sentencing of the five former SCORPION unit officers until the week of June 16, 2025. Norris had set that date due to the then-looming state trial facing three of the officers.
Justin Smith, Tadarius Bean and Demetrius Haley were found not guilty on all state charges including second-degree murder and aggravated kidnapping, on May 7, 2025.
Two other former officers, Emmitt Martin III and Desmond Mills, pleaded guilty to federal charges and testified at the federal trial in 2024. They also pleaded guilty to state charges, but Martin’s state plea deal has not been set in stone like Mills.
In the federal trial, Bean, Smith and Haley were all found guilty of obstruction. Bean and Smith were acquitted for three other counts.
Haley was also found guilty of conspiracy to commit obstruction and lesser charges of the first two counts, deprivation of civil rights and deliberate indifference resulting in serious bodily injury.
Nichols was beaten Jan. 7, 2023, after a traffic stop that was caught on video, and died three days later. Nichols died of blows to his head, and the manner of death was homicide, an autopsy report released May 4, 2023 showed.
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