Case DIH-2290
Shannon Lee Maxwell
Entered a best-interest plea to reckless homicide in the March 18, 2021, overdose death of a 27-year-old man in Shelbyville, Tennessee; the prosecutor said Maxwell had bought what he believed was heroin in Nashville and shared it with others, including the man, who collapsed while several people were snorting the drug, and the autopsy found methamphetamine and fentanyl.
- Court
- State, Not reported (Shelbyville)
- State
- Tennessee
- Year of death
- 2021
- Year sentenced
- 2022
- Drugs
- Fentanyl and methamphetamine (bought as heroin)
- Conduct
- Share; co-use
- Relationship
- Not reported
- Conviction
- Reckless homicide (best-interest plea; charged with second-degree murder by distribution of fentanyl)
- Plea or trial
- Plea
- Sentence
- 4 years in prison
- Found through
- State prosecutor and news search, October 2026
This case was brought under Tennessee law. For what that law says, see Tennessee in the state law guide.
Sources
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