NORWICH – A new judge has been appointed to replace two others who recused themselves from an upcoming murder case in Chenango County Court.

Supreme Court Justice Kevin M. Dowd recused himself from hearing the case of accused murderer Daniel L. Brown after County Court Judge Howard Sullivan did the same. Both judges had previously worked with the family of the victim, Tammy Periard, in their private practices years earlier.

“In a case like this, even the remote appearance of any impropriety could give an appeals court something to reconsider,” said Sullivan.