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Sioux Falls Prosecutor Named New Magistrate Court Judge
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota Supreme Court has appointed a Sioux Falls prosecutor as the new magistrate judge for Lincoln and Minnehaha counties.
Presiding Judge Lawrence Long says Crystal Johnson will fill the seat vacated by Judge Joni Cutler’s recent election to the Circuit Court.
Johnson is a Viborg native who graduated from the University of Sioux Falls and University of Kansas School of Law.
She began her legal career in Wichita, Kansas, and has been with the Minnehaha County State’s Attorney’s Office since 2005.