A 19-year-old Charlotte defendant has been sentenced to 16 years in prison after pleading guilty to second-degree murder in the Christmas Day 2024 death of 19-year-old Kennedi Jones.
The sentence, handed down in a July court session, follows an 18-month investigation into what authorities say was a drug-sale robbery that ended with Jones shot and her car discovered down an embankment near Shamrock Drive.
One co-defendant took a shorter plea and received a two-year term, while a third remains charged and is awaiting trial.
Sentencing and guilty pleas
Today, 19-year-old Zion Lamont Jennings pleaded guilty to second-degree murder along with related conspiracy and firearms charges and was sentenced to 16 years in prison, as reported by Charlotte Alerts News. According to the outlet, Jennings also admitted to conspiracy to discharge a weapon into an occupied vehicle and to conspiracy to commit robbery with a dangerous weapon…