Atlanta, February 22, 2018 – Chief Justice P. Harris Hines delivered his final State of the Judiciary address Thursday, Feb. 22, to a joint session of the Georgia Legislature. He said he is confident that when he steps down from the bench in August after 44 years as a judge, Georgia’s judiciary will be [...]
Atlanta, March 15, 2018 – The Supreme Court of Georgia has unanimously dismissed a motion requesting a stay of execution for Carlton Gary, who is scheduled to be put to death tonight at 7:00 p.m. by lethal injection at the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Jackson, GA. Gary, 67, was sentenced to death [...]
Atlanta, Feb. 7, 2018 – A student organization of Emory University School of Law has named Chief Justice P. Harris Hines of the Supreme Court of Georgia as the recipient of its Lifetime Commitment to Public Service award. In a ceremony Tuesday night at the Emory law school, Presiding Justice Harold D. Melton [...]
Atlanta, Feb. 6, 2018 – The Supreme Court of Georgia has approved a revised rule for the Superior Courts of Georgia governing the use of electronic devices in courtrooms and the recording of judicial proceedings. The new version will take effect on May 1, 2018. Rule 22 of the Uniform Superior Court Rules was [...]
Atlanta, February 7, 2018 – Superior Court Judge Dean Carlos Bucci of the Paulding Judicial Circuit has been designated to serve in place of Justice Nels S. D. Peterson in the appeal of Tenet Healthsystem GB, Inc. (doing business as) Atlanta Medical Center v. Thomas (S17G1021). The Supreme Court of Georgia will hear arguments [...]
Atlanta, Jan. 31, 2018 – Superior Court Judge John Flythe of the Augusta Judicial Circuit has been designated to serve in place of Justice Nels S. D. Peterson in the appeal of Campaign for Accountability v. Consumer Credit Research Foundation (S17G1676) and Board of Regents v. Consumer Credit Research Foundation (S17G1677). The Supreme Court [...]
Atlanta, Jan. 31, 2018 – Chief Judge J. Kevin Chason of the South Georgia Judicial Circuit has been designated to serve in place of Justice Britt C. Grant in the appeal of Campaign for Accountability v. Consumer Credit Research Foundation (S17G1676) and Board of Regents v. Consumer Credit Research Foundation (S17G1677). The Supreme Court [...]
Atlanta, Jan. 31, 2018 – Superior Court Judge Katherine K. Lumsden of the Houston Judicial Circuit has been designated to serve in place of Justice Nels S. D. Peterson in the appeal of Gibbs v. State (S17G1343). The Supreme Court of Georgia will hear arguments in the case on Feb. 5, 2018 during its [...]
Atlanta, Jan. 18, 2018 – Superior Court Judge Trenton Brown, III of the Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit has been designated to serve in place of Justice Michael P. Boggs in the appeal of Georgia Power Company v. Cazier et al. (S17G0706). The Supreme Court of Georgia will hear arguments in the case on Jan. 22 [...]
Atlanta, Jan. 17, 2018 – Superior Court Judge Thomas A. Cox of the Atlanta Judicial Circuit has been designated to serve in place of Justice Nels S. D. Peterson in the appeal of In Re: Estate of Gladstone (S17G1472). The Supreme Court of Georgia will hear arguments in the case on Jan. 22, 2018 [...]
