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Deal appoints Fulton judge
Gov. Nathan Deal has appointed federal prosecutor Robert McBurney to replace Fulton County Superior Court Judge Marvin Arrington, who retired in February.
McBurney, 43, began his career as a prosecutor in Fulton County where he was a lead prosecutor in the case against Jamil Abdullah-Al-Amin, who was convicted in 2002 of murdering Sheriff Deputy Ricky Kinchen.
The California native, a graduate from both Harvard University and Harvard law school, then moved to the U.S. Attorney's office in Atlanta. His high-profile cases include a corrupt defense department official, terrorism conspiracies and "Magic Jeff," a former Kennesaw youth minister and magician who pleaded guilty to a federal child pornography charge.
