Criminal court judge of the Knox County district typed on the culmination

Knoxville, tenn. – The criminal defense lawyer of the Knox County district, Steve Sword, was appointed before the state court.

Governor Bill Lee's office announced the move on Friday afternoon. The sword was in the middle of the city center of City County in the city center in the City County building when the word went out.

The sword is in line to take a seat that represents the East Division of the Court of Appeal. He fills the seat of judge James Curwood Witt Jr., who died last year.

The appointment – as it is routine – must be confirmed by the General Assembly of Tennessee.

Then-Gov. In 2011, Bill Haslam appointed the bank to the bank after a turbulent time: the predecessor of Department I, Richard Baumgartner, had resigned and would deal with a professional and criminal examination of his behavior, including drug abuse.

Sword, a Republican, won the following elections to stay on the bench.

Sword, a former public prosecutor of Knox County, acquired his degree in law from the University of Tennessee College of Law.

In his 14 years, Sword has as a judge for the sixth court district, including that of Joel Guy Jr. and Norman Clark and the men who are charged with the death of 15-year Zaevion Dobson in 2015, about hundreds of cases, many top-class, existing cases.