Perry Stout Removed

Perry Stout, who served as General Sessions and Juvenile Court judge for Johnson County, Tennessee, resigned in June 2023 amid a criminal investigation into himself and his wife, Pamela Stout. Perry Stout admitted to funding a marijuana trafficking operation and using the proceeds to help fund his own judicial campaign.

He pleaded guilty to money laundering and a marijuana charge and was sentenced to one year in jail followed by seven years of probation. Pamela Stout was separately charged with three counts of drug conspiracy, maintaining a dwelling for the sale or use of narcotics, and filing a false report; she received an agreement for probation and judicial diversion on a misdemeanor.