The Indigent Representation Task Force has added a series of informational webpages to its site. Materials include The Tennessee Indigent Defense Fund 2011 Report, other state and national studies, presentations, biographies of task force members and an audio recording of the first meeting. The task force, appointed by the Tennessee Supreme Court, has been tasked with reviewing the current indigent representation system, including the manner used for determining indigency, the delivery of various types of legal services and a number of pilot programs that have been implemented. 

Knox County Law Director Richard "Bud" Armstong will remain in his role for a second term after gathering more votes last night than his opponent, attorney Nathan Rowell. Armstrong’s victory comes after a publicized race in which Rowell asked voters to look upon his trial experience and not see him as a politician. “It’s been a very strenuous race because of the support my opponent was receiving, but as I said before ... I am the people's lawyer and the people elected me," Armstrong said. Read more from the Knoxville News Sentinel.

Jill Bartee Ayers defeated Robert Bateman yesterday to win the Republican nomination in the Circuit Court Part IV race, a new judicial seat created last year by the General Assembly for Robertson and Montgomery counties. Gov. Bill Haslam appointed Ayers to the seat in October. She will run unopposed in the Aug. 4 general election. Read more from The Leaf-Chronicle.

Ted Crozier Jr. last night won the GOP nomination for 19th Judicial District Circuit Court judge Part III, The Leaf-Chronicle reports. He won nearly half of the more than 15,000 votes cast, a wide margin over his challengers Roger Nell and Herb Patrick. Crozier will face challenger Merriel Bullock-Neal, an independent, Aug 4. The 19th Judicial District includes Robertson and Montgomery counties.

Judge Tom Greenholtz will remain on the bench in Hamilton County Criminal Court, according to unofficial election commission tallies. Greenholtz, who was appointed to the position by Gov. Bill Haslam in September, was roughly 7,000 votes ahead of challengers Mike Little and Boyd Patterson. The Times Free Press reports that since no Democrat qualified in the primary, Greenholtz is not required to run in the August election.

The U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals said Monday that it is sanctioning the city of Memphis and a Memphis Police Department patrolman for filing an appeal in an attempt to get a police brutality lawsuit dismissed. The brutality allegations were filed by two former University of Memphis football players who were beaten in 2011. “These sanctions are to offset some of the plaintiffs' appellate attorney's fees and costs, to compensate the plaintiffs, in part, for defending this frivolous appeal,” the court’s 14-page ruling said. Read more from The Commercial Appeal. 

The Knoxville News Sentinel reports University of Tennessee football player Alexis Johnson pleaded not guilty to charges of aggravated assault and false imprisonment at his arraignment Tuesday morning in Knox County General Sessions Court. The alleged victim of Johnson’s assault has been added as a plaintiff to the federal Title IX lawsuit filed against the university. Plaintiffs in the suit today asked a federal judge to keep the case in Nashville so they can avoid the "trauma and mental anguish" of holding the trial close to the university. The Knoxville News Sentinel has more on today's new filing. 

The trial of a former Bristol principal accused of locking a five-year-old student out of school in winter temperatures is underway, the Herald Courier reports. Jerry Poteat, who resigned as principal but remains an employee of the school system on unpaid suspension, shared photos and videos of the little girl outside in January with others at the school. Poteat pleaded not guilty to felony attempted child abuse and attempted child neglect. “You’ll need to apply common sense to what is presented,” Assistant District Attorney General Julie Canter told jurors.

Minimal artistic skill is needed to enjoy a printable Ruth Bader Ginsburg coloring book. SheKnows says the coloring book is a good representation of the trailblazing U.S. Supreme Court justice: “(Ginsburg) encourages us to color outside the lines.”

The Blount County Recovery Court program is now located in the old health department building off Lamar Alexander Parkway, The Daily Times reports. The county’s Records Management and Archives Department are now located in the County Operations Center on MacArthur Road. The Records Management office is in the process of digitizing its records.