IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR CHEATHAM COUNTY, TENNESSEE
AT ASHLAND CITY
JULY TERM GRAND JURY, 2019
The Grand Jurors of Cheatham County, Tennessee, duly impaneled and sworn, upon their
‘oaths, do present that on or about September 02, 2018, in Cheatham County, Tennessee, and
prior to the finding of this Presentment, MELBA A HARRIS did knowingly kill. Mr. Karl
Richardson (dob: 9/3/1961), in violation of T.C.A. 39-13-20 (a)(1), a Class A Felony.
COUNT TWo:
And the Grand Jurors, aforesaid, upon their oaths, aforesaid, present that on or about
September 02, 2018, and prior to the finding of this Presentment, in the Cheatham County,
Tennessee, MELBA A HARRIS did recklessly kill Karl Richardson (dob: 9/3/1961) by the
operation of a motor vehicle, the killing of Karl Richardson (dob: 9/3/1961) being the proximate
result of MELBA A HARRIS’s intoxication as set forth in T.C.A. 55-10-401, in violation of T.C.A.
39-13-23 (a)(2), a Class B Felony.
COUNT THREE:
And the Grand Jurors, aforesaid, upon their oaths, aforesaid, do present that on or about
September 02, 2018, and prior to the finding of this Presentment, in Cheatham County,”
Tennessee, MELBA A HARRIS did recklessly kill Karl Richardson (dob: 9/3/1961) by. the’
operation of a motor vehicie, the killing of Karl Richardson (dob: 9/3/1961) being the proximate
result of MELBA A HARRIS’s conduct creating a substantial risk of death or serious bodily
injury to a person, in violation of T.C.A. 39-13-213(a)(1), a Class C Felony.
W. RAY CROUCH, JR.
DISTRICT Af TORNEY GENERAL,
FLED
QUL O1 2019
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