JUDGE MATT BROWN Bond reduced for Rapid City man accused of killing his sister… Judge Matt Brown entered a not-guilty plea on the first-degree murder charge… Matthew McCafferty Brown ’96 Gustavus Alumni… Matt Brown is a circuit judge for the Seventh Judicial Circuit in South Dakota. He was appointed to the court by Republican Governor Dennis Daugaard on August 5, 2015, to occupy a newly created seat on the bench. Seventh Judicial Circuit