Judge: ‘Just because you have felonies, you don’t have to be one’

Oct. 19—Forty-one year-old Sara Anna Jean Kirkland made a remarkable turnaround in her life and as such, her request to be removed from supervised probation was granted with well wishes of the court. "Just because you have felonies doesn't mean you have to be one (a felon)," Criminal Court Judge Gary McKenzie told Kirkland during a short hearing earlier this month. Kirkland's attorney, Jeff …