TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Apr 26, 2022

Three Republican candidates for Rhea County General Sessions Court — incumbent Shannon Garrison, Jace Cochran and David Shinn — met recently for a public debate moderated by Melody Shekari, president of the Chattanooga Bar Association's Young Lawyers Division. The candidates answered questions about their qualifications and the drug problem in the county, Chattanoogan.com reports. Cochran, who currently serve as Graysville municipal judge, and Assistant District Attorney General David Shinn both said they would like to create a drug court. Judge Garrison said he has sent people to rehab but until the person decides they want to stop “resources will be wasted on them.”