Shelby County to get two new judges
Ray Lepone, the former number two at the Shelby County District Attorney General’s Office, will replace Judge Paula Skahan in Shelby County Criminal Court Division 1. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian file)
Gov. Bill Lee has appointed two replacements for vacant Shelby County Circuit Court and Criminal Court seats.
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Once an intern, he never left, joining the staff full-time in 2022 as an education reporter. He moved to public safety in 2023, where he covered some of the city’s biggest court cases, including the criminal trials for those charged in the deaths of Tyré Nichols and rapper Young Dolph. He also chronicled the Shelby County Jail and the deaths that have occurred at the facility.
He now provides suburban coverage, focusing on DeSoto County and the surrounding municipalities.
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