**On April 15, 2024, the Court revised Rule 41 (2) to require that the proposed certiorari question or questions be set out under a separate heading at the beginning of the petition. Find the revised rules and more information [HERE](https://www.gasupreme.us/rules/)**
**On April 15, 2024, the Court revised Rule 41 (2) to require that the proposed certiorari question or questions be set out under a separate heading at the beginning of the petition. Find the revised rules and more information [HERE](https://www.gasupreme.us/rules/)**

2016 Court News

03/02/16 – JUDGE REEVES TO HEAR GEORGIA SUPREME COURT CASE

Superior Court Judge Robert S. Reeves of the Middle Judicial Circuit has been designated to serve in place of Justice Harold D. Melton in the appeal of Bianca Thrasher-Starobin v. Michael Starobin (S16A0537). The Supreme Court of Georgia will hear arguments in the case on Monday, March 7, 2016 during its 2:00 P.M. session. In [...]

03/02/16 – JUDGE REEVES TO HEAR GEORGIA SUPREME COURT CASE2016-03-04T16:16:05-05:00

02/25/16 – CHIEF JUSTICE RECEIVES MERCER LAW SCHOOL AWARD

Atlanta, Feb. 25, 2016 – Chief Justice Hugh P. Thompson of the Supreme Court of Georgia has received the 2016 Alumni Meritorious Service Award from the Mercer University School of Law. President Deron Hicks of the Law Alumni Association presented the award Friday, Feb. 19, during the annual alumni dinner at the Grand Hyatt Atlanta [...]

02/25/16 – CHIEF JUSTICE RECEIVES MERCER LAW SCHOOL AWARD2016-02-26T13:40:19-05:00

02/17/16 – HITTSON DENIED STAY OF EXECUTION

 Atlanta, February 17, 2016 – The Supreme Court of Georgia has unanimously denied a stay of execution for Travis Clinton Hittson, who is scheduled to be put to death at 7:00 tonight by lethal injection at the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Jackson, GA. Hittson, 45, was sentenced to death in 1993 in Houston [...]

02/17/16 – HITTSON DENIED STAY OF EXECUTION2016-02-17T16:32:58-05:00

01/27/16 – STATE OF THE JUDICIARY

  Chief Justice Hugh Thompson delivers his third annual State of the Judiciary address to a joint session of the Georgia Legislature. In the speech, he called for modernizing the state’s highest court through an “historic shift” in the types of cases it handles, a continuing upgrade of court technology, and a 21st century court [...]

01/27/16 – STATE OF THE JUDICIARY2017-07-18T21:34:46-04:00

01/25/16 – STATE OF THE JUDICIARY

Atlanta, January 25, 2016 – Chief Justice Hugh P. Thompson of the Supreme Court of Georgia will deliver the annual State of the Judiciary address to a joint session of the Legislature Wednesday, Jan. 27 at 11 a.m. in House Chambers at the Capitol. As head of the judicial branch, the Chief Justice will speak [...]

01/25/16 – STATE OF THE JUDICIARY2020-07-16T10:28:33-04:00

01/15/16 – SUPREME COURT TO HOLD SPECIAL SESSION AT GA STATE UNIVERSITY

Atlanta, Jan. 15, 2016 – The Supreme Court of Georgia will hold oral arguments at Georgia State University’s College of Law at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 20. Court will be held in the Ceremonial Courtroom of the law school’s new building, located at 85 Park Place N.E. in Atlanta. The court will hear appeals in [...]

01/15/16 – SUPREME COURT TO HOLD SPECIAL SESSION AT GA STATE UNIVERSITY2016-01-15T15:57:13-05:00
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