According to WBIR, Gov. Bill Lee’s office announced Monday afternoon that Lee called on Kyle Hixson, a Cumberland County native and former Knox County prosecutor, to take a seat on the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals.
The appointment must be approved by the General Assembly, and it takes effect on Sept. 1. Not yet 40, Hixson was appointed by Lee in January 2020 to fill the seat of the retiring Criminal Court Judge Bob McGee. Now he’ll be part of a group of men and women who review cases appealed from the trial court level in the eastern part of the state. Before his appointment and eventual election to the Knox County bench, Hixson was a prosecutor under District Attorney General Randy Nichols and then District Attorney General Charme Allen.
Hixson graduated from Cumberland County High School and got his bachelor’s degree from the University of Tennessee and his law degree from the University of Tennessee College of Law.