The Shelby County District Attorney's Office has confirmed that the bond for Quaverre Rogers, who stands accused in the fatal Beale Street shooting in March, will not be decreased from $1 million. Despite Rogers' legal team pushing for a reduction to $100,000, claiming self-defense and his lack of a criminal history, the court remained unmoved. According to Action News 5, the decision was influenced in part by the emotional testimony from the victim's wife, who voiced her concerns for her safety.
In the courtroom, arguments swayed towards public safety and the illicit manner of Rogers' gun possession alongside the public setting of the alleged crime, solidifying the court's stance to maintain the high bond, and two witnesses, including a lieutenant and the victim’s wife, substantiated this concern, while Rogers' request was grounded in what his defense stated was a clean record and the possibility that he acted in self-defense, yet the tension between claims of innocence and the gravity of the allegations has kept Rogers confined to his million dollar bond, as WREG reported.
Rogers faces a first-degree murder charge for the killing of Damein Hawkins, which took place on Beale Street on the morning of March 17. Assistant District Attorney Haden Lawyer argued efficiently against the bond decrease by pointing to video evidence that suggests Rogers started the altercation and the claim that an officer witnessed Rogers with a gun drawn on Hawkins, implying a premeditated action as opposed to an act of self-defense, information which was detailed by FOX13 Memphis.
