Powell, TN (WOKI) Whether or not a 15-year-old boy will be tried as an adult for the murder last October of a 13-year-old girl in Powell will not be decided until next year.
That ruling handed down Tuesday during Malakiah Lamar Harris’s appearance in Knox County Juvenile Court.
Harris has been charged with second degree murder in the stabbing death of Savannah Copeland on October 22, 2024 in the Broadacres Subdivision.
The court deciding Tuesday that Harris will appear some time between Jan. 20 and Jan. 23 for a transfer hearing, at which time the court will decide whether to try him as an adult.
Harris appears in court next on July 23.
