TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Apr 13, 2020

Criminal Court Judge Shayne Sexton is conducting court from his house, presiding over several cases from Campbell County using Zoom, the Tennesseean reports. The 8th Judicial District judge is one of the first to utilize the tool since the state Supreme Court issued an order limiting in-person hearings. All parties — lawyers, prosecutors, probation officers, a judicial assistant, a court reporter and the inmates — were in separate locations. Sexton said he only held hearings that did not require witness testimony, but the court is working to incorporate that component as well.