A man accused of fatally shooting a Chattanooga man is no longer facing a second-degree murder charge and was released from the Hamilton County Jail, court records show.
Joshua Levon Timmons, 36, was indicted by a grand jury in March 2023 in the death of Michael Palmer, an indictment shows. He was held at the Hamilton County Jail on a $200,000 bond for more than a year.
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Timmons pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of a firearm, a judgment states.
He was sentenced May 24 to one year in prison but was released on time served, the document states.
A judgment document typically shows if a person's plea was part of an agreement with prosecutors.
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