Judge accused of bias disputes allegations
Judge Sheila B. Renfroe presides over her courtroom at the Shelby County Criminal Justice Center Jan. 13, 2023. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian file)
A local judge recently accused of bias against an attorney has responded to the allegations, calling them an attempt to “impugn the integrity” of her court.
Shelby County Criminal Court Judge Chris Craft removed General Sessions Criminal Court Judge Sheila Renfroe from 28 of her cases Friday, June 28, after an assistant public defender litigating them accused Renfroe of personal bias against her.
But just hours after Craft’s ruling, Renfroe filed an order disputing the allegations from Melody Carlisle, the public defender, and keeping herself on some of the cases.
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Aarron Fleming
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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