09/30/2025 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 09/29/2025 22:58
The State charged Ajaylan Shabazz with murder as an accomplice for the death of Tiffany Ferris. A jury found Shabazz guilty of murder, and the Allen County Superior Court sentenced him to sixty-three years in the Department of Correction. The Court of Appeals affirmed holding, among other things, that good cause existed to allow a witness to testify by Zoom. Shabazz v. State, 255 N.E.3d 533 (Ind. Ct. App. 2025), vacated. The Indiana Supreme Court has granted a petition to transfer and accepted jurisdiction over the appeal.