Officials agree to find quick replacement for indicted judge
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Campbell County commissioners have agreed to find a quick replacement for a judge who is under criminal indictment and the subject of an ongoing ethics probe.
The Knoxville News Sentinel (http://bit.ly/2ccgAtG) reports Eighth Judicial District Chancellor Elizabeth Asbury told commissioners Monday that the county general sessions court is overburdened and needs someone to take over the duties for Judge Amanda Sammons as soon as possible. Commissioners say they will pick someone for the interim position Monday.
Sammons was suspended from the bench last month after a Tennessee Bureau of Investigation probe led to an indictment on four felony counts of official misconduct after being accused of lying and misusing her authority in two cases.
Sammons’ lawyer, Wade Davies, says Sammons is innocent and can show she hasn’t committed any offense.
