Gov. Martin O'Malley appointed a prosecutor and public defender yesterday as District Court judges in Baltimore.

Videtta A. Brown is chief of the domestic violence division of the city state's attorney's office and has been a city prosecutor since 1989. Leon R. Cooper has been an assistant public defender since 1999. From 1987 to 1996, Cooper was a city prosecutor.

The appointments are subject to state Senate approval. District Court judges serve 10-year terms.