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Date: 09-14-2022

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United States of America v. Malik Williams

Case Number: 2:20-cr-20031

Judge: Sheryl H. Lipman

Court: United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee (Shelby County)

Plaintiff's Attorney: United States Attorney’s Office

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Description: Memphis, Tennessee criminal lawyer represented Defendant charged with multiple business robberies.

on June 28, 2019, Malik Williams, Decardo Moore, and Joshua Beason robbed multiple Memphis-area gas stations. At approximately 2 a.m., Williams, Moore, and Beason went to the Murphy Express on Summer Avenue. Williams and Beason put a handgun to the side of a store clerk, forced him inside the store, and threatened the lives of both store clerks. They took money from the register and fled. Moore served as the getaway driver.

Approximately thirty minutes later, Williams and Beason robbed the Exxon on Summer Avenue. They brandished firearms and removed the cash drawer before they fled the scene. Moore served as the getaway driver. Minutes later, the group participated in a home invasion on the 2000 block of West Barbara Circle where a resident, Williams and Moore were shot. All three survived. Charges for the home invasion are pending for all three defendants before the State of Tennessee.

Williams went to trial in June 2022 and was found guilty of both business robberies and the use of firearms during the robberies.

On September 9, 2022, United States District Judge Sheryl H. Lipman sentenced Williams to 228 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release. This sentence will be consecutive to any sentence obtained by the State of Tennessee for the pending home invasion charges.

On October 25, 2021, Moore pled guilty to four counts of robbery and four counts of brandishing a firearm in relation to a crime of violence. U.S. District Judge Mark S. Norris sentenced Moore to life in federal prison plus 21 years’ incarceration.

On May 14, 2021, Joshua Beason was sentenced to 293 months in federal prison. There is no parole in the federal system.

This case was investigated by the FBI’s Safe Streets Task Force.

Assistant United States Attorney Greg Wagner prosecuted this case on behalf of the government.

18:1951.F & 2, INTERFERENCE WITH COMMERCE BY THREAT OR VIOLENCE (5)

18:924C.F & 2, VIOLENT CRIME/DRUGS/MACHINE GUN (6)

18:1951.F & 2, INTERFERENCE WITH COMMERCE BY THREAT OR VIOLENCE (7)

18:924C.F & 2, VIOLENT CRIME/DRUGS/MACHINE GUN (8)

Outcome: Sixty (60) months as to each Count Five (5) and Seven (7); Eighty-four (84) months as to each Count Six (6) and Eight (8); Counts Five and Seven to run concurrent with one another and consecutive to each Count Six and Count Eight for a Grand Total of TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY-EIGHT (228) MONTHS IMPRISONMENT. Said term of imprisonment to run consecutive to any state sentence imposed.

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