TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Amelia Ferrell Knisely on Jan 29, 2016

Campbell County General Sessions judge Amanda Sammons changed Kristi Leigh Smith’s charge for allegedly failing to buckle up her children from a low-level felony to aggravated child abuse and neglect, The Knoxville News Sentinel reports. The new charges, changed by marking through the former with a pen, carries a penalty range of 15-25 years in prison. Smith said she was unaware of the judge’s actions until she showed up for her first court appearance with no attorney.