Smith County Courthouse By KLTV Digital Media Staff | May 19, 2021 at 3:06 PM CDT - Updated May 20 at 3:27 AM
TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - A new candidate for the 241st District Court judgeship has entered the ring.
Debby Gunter has announced she will run to replace Jack Skeen Jr., who announced last month that he wonât seek another term. Gunter has practiced law in Tyler for more two decades and has litigation experience in both state and federal court.
âIâm running for this position because Iâm convinced that every person should be allowed the opportunity to come before a fair, impartial judge who will hear both sides of the matter before making any decision,â Gunter said. âI have great respect for the judicial system, and I believe that when experienced, hardworking, servant-hearted judges are elected, the entire community benefits.â
Judge Skeen s term will end Dec. 31, 2022. Author: Reagan Roy Updated: 10:32 AM CDT April 30, 2021
SMITH COUNTY, Texas Longtime Smith County judge Jack Skeen has announced he will not seek re-election after his current term expires due to his age. I am announcing today that I will not be seeking re-election as Judge of the 241st Judicial District Court of Smith County, Texas, in the March 2022 Republican Primary, Judge Skeen said.
According to Article V, Section 1-a of the Texas Constitution, Subsection 1, “The office of every such Justice and Judge shall become vacant on the expiration of the term during which the incumbent reaches the age of 75 years.
Smith County District Judge Skeen not seeking re-election Jack Skeen, Jr., Judge, 241st Judicial District Court, Smith County (Source: KLTV) By Carrie Provinsal | April 30, 2021 at 10:35 AM CDT - Updated April 30 at 10:50 AM
TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - Judge Jack Skeen Jr. announced Friday he will not seek re-election.
Judge Skeen said, “I am announcing today that I will not be seeking re-election as Judge of the 241st Judicial District Court of Smith County, Texas, in the March, 2022 Republican Primary.”
Skeen quoted the Texas Constitution: The office of every such Justice and Judge shall become vacant on the expiration of the term during which the incumbent reaches the age of seventy-five (75) years. (Article V, Section 1-a)
A Tyler couple has been sentenced to prison on child porn charges. Author: Tyler Morning Telegraph Updated: 1:01 PM CDT April 28, 2021
SMITH COUNTY, Texas A Tyler sex offender was sentenced to 60 years in prison for viewing and sharing child pornography.
Wesley Brogan, 46, entered guilty pleas to four charges, including possession of child porn, two counts of possession with intent to promote child porn and sex offender’s failure to register annually, in the 241st District Court on Tuesday.
Brogan was sentenced to 20 years for the possession of child porn charge, 60 years each for the possession with intent to promote child porn and 10 years for not registering as a sex offender annually. Judge Jack Skeen Jr. said in the court hearing that the sentences will be served concurrently or at the same time. Brogan was arrested Aug. 25 last year and he has been in the Smith County Jail since then.
Tyler sex offender gets 60 years for watching child porn with boyfriend Wesley Wayne Brogan (Source: Smith County Sheriff s Office) By KLTV Digital Media Staff | April 27, 2021 at 12:40 PM CDT - Updated April 27 at 3:14 PM
TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - A Tyler man indicted on multiple charges related to child pornography was sentenced to more than half a century in prison.
Wesley Wayne Brogan, 46, of Tyler, was indicted in December 2020 on four counts, including one count of failure to register as a sex offender, one count of possession of child pornography and two counts of child pornography with intent to distribute. Brogan, along with his boyfriend, Justin A. Jackson, 35, of Tyler, were arrested in August.