Special Prosecutor Appointed in Murder Case After DA Eavesdropping Probe - Articles

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Posted by: Julia Wilburn on Dec 17, 2024

After a state investigation found Nashville District Attorney (DA) Glenn Funk's office secretly recorded criminal defense attorneys, office employees and visitors, a special prosecutor has been appointed to handle a 24-year-old murder case. Robert Nash, DA for Montgomery and Robertson counties, will take over the case of Calvin Atchison from Funk's office. The Tennessean reports that in October, Judge Cynthia Chappell postponed the trial for Atchison, who is accused of killing a North Nashville woman in 2000. Atchison's defense attorney Ben Powers had asked Chappell to disqualify the Nashville DA's office from prosecuting the case because Powers and a private investigator were pictured in the state's audit report about the situation. State investigators also found an audio recording of the two as they worked in the Funk's office.