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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 24, 2017
Governor Mary Fallin Appoints Paul Hesse to Canadian County Judicial Post
OKLAHOMA
CITY – Governor Mary Fallin today announced the appointment of Paul Hesse as
Canadian County district judge. He is replacing Gary E. Miller, who retired.
Hesse’s
appointment is effective immediately.
Hesse,
of Mustang, is first assistant district attorney in the Canadian County
district attorney’s office, where he supervises five attorneys and is responsible
for the prosecution of all serious felony offenses and representing Canadian
County in civil matters and advising county officials. Before that, he worked
as a law clerk for the Oklahoma Tax Commission.
“As
a prosecutor for more than 20 years, Paul Hesse has proven himself as a
talented and skillful attorney committed to upholding the law,” said Fallin. “He
will serve the state well during his time as a Canadian County district judge.”
Hesse
earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Central Oklahoma and a law
degree from the University of Oklahoma College of Law.
He
is a citizens advisory board member for the C.A.R.T House., a children’s
advocacy center in El Reno and is a board member of the Intervention &
Crisis Advocacy Network.
“Although
I feel that many of my daily decisions and actions as a prosecutor influence
whether justice is served in a particular instance or case, more often it seems
that justice is determined by the decisions of a jury or judge,” Hesse said. “A
judge does this in a variety of ways: interpreting statutes and case law, ruling
on motions or evidentiary issues, weighing evidence, and the imposition of
sentences. Many of these decisions are influenced by a judge’s judicial or sentencing
philosophy.”
Hesse
and his wife, Mandy, reside in Mustang with their three children, Paige, Connor
and Piper.
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