A jury recommended a probated sentence Friday for Charles Williams Jr. after the jurors found him guilty of aggravated assault in a shootout with three Corinth police officers in 2021.
After both sides closed their cases Wednesday, a debate ensued on whether a man charged with assaulting Corinth police officers could claim self-defense as a legal defense in this case.
A jury — after 7.5 hours of deliberation Thursday — found Charles Williams Jr. guilty on all three counts of aggravated assault of a public servant in the shooting of