google knox Judge Baumgartner
his actions also had consequences that affected many people in the knoxville community
excerpt from an
old WATE story
"The former judge presided over a number of high profile cases in Knox County, including the Christian-Newsom murder trials.
Baumgartner became the target of a TBI probe in 2011, focused on trading sex for drugs with a woman who had appeared in his court.
He pleaded guilty to official misconduct and resigned from the bench, then faced a federal prosecution and served six months before completing the sentence at home.
The judge’s actions led to retrials in the Christian-Newsom case, and tarnished the career of a man many respected."