Appellate Court Affirms Jonathan Crenshaw’s Second-Degree Murder Conviction, Citing Sufficiency of Evidence to Prove His Role as a Principal in the 2019 Killing.

The Louisiana Second Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed the second-degree murder conviction and life sentence of Jonathan Jermaine Crenshaw, upholding a jury’s decision that he was a principal in the 2019 shooting death of Derrick Terrell.

The judgment, rendered on Wednesday, rejects Crenshaw’s claim that there was insufficient evidence to prove his involvement, despite his co-defendant, Terrance Felix, Jr., firing the fatal shots.

The case dates back to an August 2019 incident at a Knights Inn Motel on Monkhouse Drive in Shreveport. According to court documents and trial testimony, Terrell arrived at the motel to see Tamala

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