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Posted by: Amelia Ferrell Knisely on Apr 11, 2016

Memphis criminal defense attorney Andre Wharton recused himself from the panel hearing the disciplinary case against Shelby County District Attorney Amy Weirich, The Commercial Appeal reports. The Board of Professional Responsibility brought disciplinary charges against Weirich and Assistant District Attorney Stephen P. Jones; the board accuses the pair of breaking ethics rules in the 2009 murder trial of Noura Jackson. Russell Savory will replace Wharton to serve alongside fellow Memphis attorneys Thomas R. Branch and Thomas P. Cassidy Jr. on the panel appointed to hear Weirich’s disciplinary matter.