Maddox to sub for Sprouse on Durham trial week

An at-large circuit judge based in Anderson, Cordell Maddox, has been assigned to the April 17 General Sessions Court term in Oconee County – the week of the expected trial of Matthew Durham, the suspended District Two county councilman. Earlier, resident circuit judge Scott Sprouse had been designated trial judge for the week of April 17-21; however, according to a court officer, Sprouse and Maddox talked and agreed on the switch.