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2005 Annual Report: Georgia Courts
Judicial Council of Georgia Administrative Office of the Courts
2005 Annual Report: Georgia Courts
July 1, 2004 -- June 30, 2005
Table of Contents
Judicial Council of Georgia ................................................................................ 1 Supreme Court ......................................................................................................2 Court of Appeals...................................................................................................4 Superior Court ......................................................................................................6 State Court......................................................................................................... 11 Juvenile Court.................................................................................................... 17 Probate Court .....................................................................................................25 Magistrate Court .................................................................................................34 Municipal Court..................................................................................................44 Serving the Courts ..............................................................................................46 Judicial Appointments and Elections.................................................................49
Published by the Judicial Council of Georgia and the Administrative Office of the Courts in compliance with OCGA 15-5-24 and by Order of the Supreme Court of Georgia dated June 12, 1978. All rights reserved.
Director, David L. Ratley Assistant Director for Communications, Billie Bolton
Editor, Ashley G. Stollar
Judicial Council of Georgia Administrative Office of the Courts 244 Washington Street, SW Suite 300 Atlanta, GA 30334 404-656-5171 www.georgiacourts.org
Morgan County Courthouse
List of Illustrations
Cover Montage created by Ashley G. Stollar.
Page 10 Dooly County Courthouse Page 16 Dodge County Courthouse Page 24 Jones County Courthouse
All photographs by Ashley G. Stollar.
Judicial Council of Georgia
The Judicial Council is the state-level judicial agency charged with developing policies for administering and improving the courts. The state legislature created the Judicial Council in 1973; in 1978 the council officially became an administrative arm of the Supreme Court of Georgia. The 24-member council considers requests for new judgeships and oversees the activities of the Administrative Office of the Courts and the Board of Court Reporting.
June 2005
Chief Justice Norman S. Fletcher
Judge Michael Bracewell
Chair
Council of Probate Court Judges
Supreme Court
Judge Betty B. Cason
Presiding Justice Leah Ward Sears
Council of Probate Court Judges
Vice Chair
Supreme Court
Judge Melinda Anderson
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Council of Magistrate Court Judges
Chief Judge John H. Ruffin, Jr.
Court of Appeals
Judge Haynes Henton Townsend
Council of Magistrate Court Judges
Presiding Judge Anne Elizabeth Barnes
Court of Appeals
District Administrative Judges
Judge Daniel M. Coursey, Jr. Council of Superior Court Judges
Judge F. Gates Peed, First District Judge A. Wallace Cato, Second District
Judge William T. Boyett Council of Superior Court Judges
Judge John F. Salter Council of State Court Judges
Judge Ben Studdard, III Council of State Court Judges
Judge George F. Nunn, Jr., Third District Judge Linda Warren Hunter, Fourth Dist. Judge Doris L. Downs, Fifth District Judge William H. Craig, Sixth District Judge Jon B. Wood, Seventh District
Judge James E. McDonald, Jr. Council of Juvenile Court Judges
Judge Stephen H. Andrews Council of Juvenile Court Judges
Judge Phillip R. West, Eighth District Judge Hugh W. Stone, Ninth District Judge John M. Ott, Tenth District
Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of Georgia, the state's highest court, is composed of a Chief Justice, a Presiding Justice, and five Justices. The court's primary function is to review decisions made in a lower trial or appellate court. Cases are assigned to one of the seven justices for preparation of opinions. The draft opinion is circulated to all other justices for study; after discussion en banc the opinion is adopted or rejected by vote of the justices.
Supreme Court: Cases Filed 2
Filings
2003
2004
Direct Appeals Petitions for Certiorari Certified Questions Applications for Appeal
Habeas Corpus Discretionary Interlocutory Interim Review Attorney Disciplinaries Judicial Qualifications Bar Admissions Original Petitions Emergency Motions
466
471
567
559
6
4
385
493
248
248
55
48
6
5
129
126
4
4
5
1
2
5
9
12
Total
1,882
1,976
Supreme Court: Cases Disposed
Dispositions
2003
2004
By Opinion
364
347
Affirmed without Opinion
9
9
Stricken from Docket
8
12
Allowed Withdrawn
11
33
Transferred to Court of Appeals 93
78
Appeals Dismissed
91
244
Petition for Certiorari
Granted
43
43
Denied
470
569
Other
37
39
Habeas Corpus Applications
Granted
31
7
Denied
237
242
Dismissed
51
64
Other
4
30
Discretionary Applications
Granted
59
45
3
Denied
104
112
Transferred to Court of Appeals 23
38
Other
50
7
Interlocutory Applications
Granted
12
12
Denied
25
23
Transferred to Court of Appeals 7
8
Other
7
1
Interim Review
Granted
3
0
Denied
4
4
Extraordinary Motions
Granted
1
4
Denied
9
9
Attorney Discipline
74
79
Bar Admissions
5
3
Judicial Qualifications
0
0
Total
1,832
2,055
Court of Appeals
The Court of Appeals, made up of twelve judges, has constitutional jurisdiction over appeals from superior, state, and juvenile courts in all cases where exclusive jurisdiction is not reserved to the Supreme Court of Georgia. Each case appealed to the court is heard by a panel of three judges. The Chief Judge of the court appoints a Presiding Judge to head each panel and assigns two other judges to the panels each year. If a judge of a panel dissents, the case is assigned to a larger panel for decision.
4 Court of Appeals: Cases Filed
Filings
2003
2004
Direct Appeals
2,589
Discretionary Applications 453
Interlocutory Applications 402
Total
3,444
2,394 469 375
3,238
Court of Appeals: Cases Disposed
Dispositions
2003
2004
Direct Appeals By Opinion Non-Published Opinion Rule 36 Order Total
1,488 294 78 672
2,532
1,497 268 95 667
2,527
Discretionary Applications
Granted
112
88
Denied
239
225
Dismissed
102
102
Transferred
27
20
Withdrawn
0
0
Other
3
5
5
Total
483
440
Interlocutory Applications
Granted
135
110
Denied
232
191
Dismissed
43
40
Transferred
6
6
Withdrawn
0
0
Other
4
1
Total
420
348
Total
3,435
3,315
Superior Court Filing Trends, Calendar Years 2000 - 2004
400,000
Total Filings 2000 - 2004
360,000
343,167
348,530
356,548
354,882
320,000
366,132
160,000
Criminal Filings 2000 - 2004
140,000
132,905
134,532
131,698
132,053
135,203
120,000
280,000
CY 2000
CY 2001
CY 2002
CY 2003
CY 2004
100,000
CY 2000
CY 2001
CY 2002
CY 2003
CY 2004
6
General Civil Filings 2000 - 2004*
80,000
80,087
76,504
70,000
68,372
60,000
58,864
61,707
Domestic Relations Filings 2000 - 2004*
180,000
160,000
151,398
152,291
140,000
156,478
146,325
150,842
50,000
CY 2000
CY 2001
CY 2002
CY 2003
CY 2004
120,000
CY 2000
CY 2001
CY 2002
CY 2003
CY 2004
*For Total Civil Filings, add General Civil Filings and Domestic Relations Filings.
Superior Courts
The 159 superior courts are general jurisdiction trial courts exercising both civil and criminal jurisdiction. Superior court judges hear all felony cases, as well as, divorce cases and other civil matters. The superior courts are organized into 49 judicial circuits made up of one or more counties. The number of circuits and number superior court judges per circuit is established by act of the General Assembly. Superior court judges are constitutional officers who are elected to four-year terms in circuit-wide nonpartisan elections. Senior superior court judges may hear cases as assigned in any circuit.
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Superior Court Caseload Calendar Year 2004
Circuit
Number of Judges
Total Criminal
Dockets Filed
Defendants Filed
Alapaha
2
Alcovy
4
Appalachian
3
Atlanta
19
Atlantic
4
Augusta
8
Bell-Forsyth
2
Blue Ridge
2
Brunswick
4
Chattahoochee
6
Cherokee
4
Clayton
4
Cobb
9
Conasauga
4
Cordele
2
Coweta
5
Dougherty
3
Douglas
3
Dublin
2
Eastern
6
Enotah
2
Flint
3
Griffin
4
8
Gwinnett
9
Houston
2
Lookout Mountain
4
Macon
5
Middle
2
Mountain
2
Northeastern
4
Northern
3
Ocmulgee
5
Oconee
2
Ogeechee
3
Pataula
2
Paulding
2
Piedmont
3
Rockdale
2
Rome
4
South Georgia
2
Southern
5
Southwestern
3
Stone Mountain
10
Tallapoosa
2
Tifton
2
Toombs
2
Towaliga
2
Waycross
3
Western
3
Total
193
2,542 2,612 1,806 17,139 1,644 5,284
748 1,632 2,344 2,266 3,672 2,958 9,115 3,197 1,768 3,327 2,354 1,728 1,366 2,754 1,718 1,397 3,473 5,332 1,763 3,034 3,697
928 1,420 2,873 1,757 3,663 1,649 1,282 1,967 1,281 2,510
948 3,677
931 3,150 1,686 6,134
889 1,003 1,184
951 2,089 2,561 135,203
2,547 2,683 2,061 19,350 1,757 5,421
795 1,928 2,463 2,534 4,056 3,213 9,954 3,393 1,928 4,003 2,764 2,077 1,456 3,103 1,769 1,569 3,479 5,787 1,859 3,034 3,988 1,026 1,545 3,053 1,904 3,862 1,798 1,505 2,080 1,470 2,715 1,100 4,058 1,010 3,419 1,823 6,792
951 1,091 1,222 1,086 2,320 2,798 147,599
701
765
*Based on 193 judges.
Total Felony
Dockets Filed
Defendants Filed
Unified Appeals Defendants Filed
1,211
1,215
0
1,230
1,294
0
719
895
0
12,724
14,935
5
1,306
1,419
0
2,784
2,888
8
515
562
1
1,220
1,505
0
1,681
1,798
1
1,130
1,338
3
1,013
1,338
1
1,986
2,234
0
5,560
6,397
1
1,192
1,326
0
656
791
1
2,532
3,148
1
1,378
1,788
0
1,232
1,573
2
642
722
0
1,329
1,678
0
709
744
0
952
1,123
2
2,215
2,220
0
3,334
3,789
4
1,023
1,111
0
1,348
1,348
0
1,766
2,055
0
730
826
3
752
853
2
1,649
1,813
1
870
1,005
2
1,658
1,824
0
724
850
0
1,162
1,385
0
1,363
1,465
0
535
651
0
915
1,084
0
705
857
0
1,253
1,492
0
530
605
0
2,345
2,608
0
790
906
0
4,168
4,826
0
304
354
0
535
623
0
428
453
0
584
694
0
1,407
1,634
0
1,225
1,455
0
78,019
89,497
38
Felony
Dockets Filed
Defendants Filed
1,211 1,230
719 12,719
1,306 2,776
514 1,220 1,680 1,127 1,012 1,986 5,559 1,192
655 2,531 1,378 1,230
642 1,329
709 950 2,215 3,330 1,023 1,348 1,766 727 750 1,648 868 1,658 724 1,162 1,363 535 915 705 1,253 530 2,345 790 4,168 304 535 428 584 1,407 1,225 77,981
1,215 1,294
895 14,930
1,419 2,880
561 1,505 1,797 1,335 1,337 2,234 6,396 1,326
790 3,147 1,788 1,571
722 1,678
744 1,121 2,220 3,785 1,111 1,348 2,055
823 851 1,812 1,003 1,824 850 1,385 1,465 651 1,084 857 1,492 605 2,608 906 4,826 354 623 453 694 1,634 1,455 89,459
404
464
0
404
464
Superior Court Caseload Calendar Year 2004
Misdemeanor
Dockets Filed
Defendants Filed
Probation Revocation Petitions Filed
1,117 938 820 0 10 732 0 347 291 453 920 112 70
1,126 443 286 0 106 437 85 526 26 375 44 135
1,145 156 16 270 596 271
1,306 498 5 314 675
1,417 0
1,501 58
139 416
0 335
41 562 341 172 607 20,240
1,118 945 899 0 10 765 0 358 293 513 979 119 72
1,188 468 346 0 114 447 85 542 27 376 44 143
1,145 158 18 294 612 283
1,339 521 5 325 748
1,453 0
1,643 62
145 437
0 347
41 575 366 176 614 21,158
214 444 267 4,415 328 1,768 233
65 372 683 1,739 860 3,485 879 669 509 976 390 287 1,340 483 419 883 1,954 605 541 1,775 182 398 628 616 699 427 115 290
71 178 243 923 343 666 480 1,966 250 427 194
26 510 729 36,944
Total Civil Dockets
Filed
2,163 6,445 2,662 15,915 4,241 8,687 2,501 2,982 4,672 9,039 5,189 4,739 9,441 4,223 2,637 7,795 2,761 4,207 2,889 5,771 2,618 4,022 5,074 14,274 3,981 5,163 4,094 3,434 2,468 4,208 4,477 4,520 2,439 3,401 1,746 3,405 3,320 2,162 4,855 2,477 6,754 2,571 13,129 2,610 3,076 2,528 2,692 2,908 3,564 230,929
General Civil Dockets Filed
786 3,070 1,292 4,161 1,262 2,353
841 835 1,555 3,243 2,729 554 1,298 1,856 1,073 2,562 981 2,106 1,111 1,870 1,203 1,790 1,963 3,503 1,087 1,574 1,774 1,266 811 1,443 1,676 2,020 978 873 777 2,060 1,586 563 2,039 1,060 2,903 1,285 3,298 1,453 1,024 818 838 1,330 1,554 80,087
Domestic Relations
Dockets Filed
1,377 3,375 1,370 11,754 2,979 6,334 1,660 2,147 3,117 5,796 2,460 4,185 8,143 2,367 1,564 5,233 1,780 2,101 1,778 3,901 1,415 2,232 3,111 10,771 2,894 3,589 2,320 2,168 1,657 2,765 2,801 2,500 1,461 2,528
969 1,345 1,734 1,599 2,816 1,417 3,851 1,286 9,831 1,157 2,052 1,710 1,854 1,578 2,010 150,842
Total Dockets
Filed
4,705 9,057 4,468 33,054 5,885 13,971 3,249 4,614 7,016 11,305 8,861 7,697 18,556 7,420 4,405 11,122 5,115 5,935 4,255 8,525 4,336 5,419 8,547 19,606 5,744 8,197 7,791 4,362 3,888 7,081 6,234 8,183 4,088 4,683 3,713 4,686 5,830 3,110 8,532 3,408 9,904 4,257 19,263 3,499 4,079 3,712 3,643 4,997 6,125 366,132
105
110
191
1,197
415
782
1,897
Circuit
Alapaha
Alcovy
Appalachian
Atlanta
Atlantic
Augusta
Bell-Forsyth
Blue Ridge
Brunswick
Chattahoochee
Cherokee
Clayton
Cobb
Conasauga
Cordele
Coweta
Dougherty
Douglas
Dublin
Eastern
Enotah
Flint
Griffin
Gwinnett
9
Houston
Lookout Mountain
Macon
Middle
Mountain
Northeastern
Northern
Ocmulgee
Oconee
Ogeechee
Pataula
Paulding
Piedmont
Rockdale
Rome
South Georgia
Southern
Southwestern
Stone Mountain
Tallapoosa
Tifton
Toombs
Towaliga
Waycross
Western
Total
10
State Courts
State courts are county courts that exercise limited jurisdiction. State court judges hear misdemeanors including traffic violations and are
authorized to hear applications for search and arrest
warrants, to issue such warrants and hold preliminary
hearings in criminal cases. These judges also hear civil
matters not reserved exclusively for the superior courts.
The General Assembly creates state courts by local leg-
islation and establishes the number of judges and their
status as full-time or part-time. State court judges are
elected to four-year terms in countywide, nonpartisan
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elections.
State Court Caseload Calendar Year 2004
(number of cases)
County Appling Bacon Baldwin Bibb Brooks Bryan Bulloch Burke Candler Carroll Charlton Chatham Chattooga Cherokee Clarke Clayton Clinch
12 Cobb Coffee Colquitt Coweta Decatur DeKalb Dougherty Douglas Early Effingham Elbert Emanuel Evans Fayette Forsyth Fulton Glynn Grady Gwinnett Habersham Hall Henry
Serious Traffic
Open Filed Disposed
0
0
0
0
0
0
3,194 1,436 3,192
334
402
397
100 2,632 2,532
0
528
0
0
341
0
13
114
74
0
0
0
229
390
346
0
80
0
2,944 2,732 2,953
0
60
0
0 14,114
0
121
354
308
0 1,125
984
0
35
33
0 3,826
0
0
0
0
16
53
66
186
375
375
57
103
85
4,753 3,083 2,694
0
204
285
292 1,137 1,155
0
61
53
0 1,814 1,622
1
0
1
268 1,853 1,585
0
85
0
80
220
192
889 1,084
771
0
839
0
0
0
0
9
79
53
3,878 9,174 9,250
783
254 3,657
360 1,016
725
1,361
519
379
Non-Traffic Misdemeanors
Open Filed Disposed
0
151
0
0
96
0
2,309 3,205 2,873
2,100 2,380 2,325
161
271
110
0
23
0
0 1,434
0
75
886 1,143
0
0
0
103
835
900
0
189
0
2,018 1,940 1,835
0
586
0
0 1,124
0
1,199 2,307 2,107
0 8,564 9,227
0
373
341
0 6,919 6,790
0
0
0
167 1,211
960
1,456 1,741 1,664
134
441
494
3,452 8,746 9,711
2,683 3,177 4,317
696 1,185 1,140
3
202
170
0
667
438
173
745
718
18
85
67
0
148
0
610 1,315 1,205
2,086 3,130 2,266
0 11,456
0
1,520 10,131 8,611
157
174
195
29
124
117
549
417
270
2,266 11,101 7,804
405
959
610
Probation Revocations
Open Filed Disposed
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
247
247
49
74
25
0
0
0
0
112
0
26
34
1
0
0
0
130
989
454
0
0
0
973 1,074
514
0
0
0
0
0
0
183
889
821
0 3,648
0
0
0
0
0 6,220
0
0
0
0
13
124
137
284
330
235
0
36
36
0 2,306 2,306
0
131
131
5,211 1,967 1,302
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
27
4
3
32
149
55
0 1,112
0
15
720
705
0
66
57
83
507
500
0
16
16
0
0
0
0
491
491
Other Traffic
Open Filed Disposed
0
0
0
0
762
0
0
0
0
1,385 9,986 9,665
0
0
0
0 2,991
0
0 7,425
0
132 1,671 1,745
0
0
0
2,009 4,696 4,523
0 1,109
0
112
442
312
0 2,732
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0 26,610 27,055
0
596
583
0 123,392 124,824
0 4,669
0
1,105 1,831 1,518
4,003 11,781 11,584
1,002 1,545 1,622
0
0
0
0 4,754 3,917
5,761 9,312 8,741
21 1,354 1,245
0 2,039 1,524
12
8
0
0
0
0
0
320
0
1,870 3,180 3,270
5,044 5,191 4,039
0 63,117
0
0
0
0
1,139 2,441 2,356
0
0
0
249 3,198 2,260
76 10,050 9,974
2,201 13,355 11,154
State Court Caseload Calendar Year 2004
(number of cases)
Landlord/Tenant Disp.
Open
Filed Disposed
Other Civil Open Filed Disposed
County Totals Open Filed Disposed
County
0
0
0
0
85
0
0
236
0
Appling
0
0
0
7
21
15
7
879
15
Bacon
3
1
4
0
0
0
5,506 4,642 6,069
Baldwin
142
43
64
3,214 2,297 2,354
7,175 15,355 15,052
Bibb
0
0
0
31
66
35
341 3,043 2,702
Brooks
0
0
0
0
105
0
0 3,647
0
Bryan
0
0
0
0
329
0
0 9,641
0
Bulloch
9
80
66
49
139
62
304 2,924 3,091
Burke
0
0
0
0
0
0
0 1,913
0
Candler
0
0
0
1,151 1,159
814
3,622 8,069 7,037
Carroll
0
0
0
0
0
0
0 1,378
0
Charlton
69
260
257
2,925 3,112 3,465
9,041 9,560 9,336
Chatham
0
0
0
0
243
0
0 3,621
0
Chattooga
0
0
0
0 2,051
0
0 17,289
0
Cherokee
2
6
4
687
888
815
2,192 4,444 4,055
Clarke
0
17
26
0 6,879 7,161
0 46,843 44,453
Clayton
0
0
0
0
46
17
0 1,050
974
Clinch
0 16,245 16,148
0 15,598 7,842
0 172,200 155,604
Cobb
13
0
0
0
0
0
0
0 4,669
0
Coffee
0
0
0
133
166
132
1,434 3,385 2,813
Colquitt
1
3
3
362 1,069
445
6,292 15,299 14,306
Coweta
0
0
0
0
0
0
1,193 2,125 2,237
Decatur
63,688 34,882 21,921
63,688 17,801 14,597
135,581 66,818 51,229
DeKalb
1
10
11
82
949
822
2,766 9,225 9,483
Dougherty
3
10
9
435
712
571
12,398 14,323 12,918
Douglas
0
0
0
3
40
27
27 1,657 1,495
Early
0
171
79
0
19
15
0 4,710 3,678
Effingham
0
3
3
0
0
0
186
756
722
Elbert
0
0
0
40
111
91
326 2,049 1,743
Emanuel
0
0
0
0
55
36
0
608
36
Evans
0
0
0
0
0
0
2,587 4,719 4,670
Fayette
837
33 3,248
5,097
93 43,426
13,985 9,680 53,805
Forsyth
0 45,722
0
0 46,480
0
0 168,726
0
Fulton
0
48
48
262
559
297
1,797 11,458 9,661
Glynn
0
0
0
0
0
0
1,305 2,760 2,661
Grady
18
85
94
6,490 14,866 14,715
10,498 24,756 24,676
Gwinnett
0
0
0
251
269
171
1,832 4,154 6,374
Habersham
4
32
33
810 1,640 2,592
3,516 23,839 21,128
Hall
5
14
9
69 1,447 1,013
4,041 16,785 13,656
Henry
State Court Caseload Calendar Year 2004
(number of cases)
Serious Traffic
Non-Traffic Misdemeanors
Probation Revocations
Other Traffic
County
Open Filed Disposed
Open Filed Disposed
Open Filed Disposed
Open Filed Disposed
Houston
354
638
509
149 2,257 2,278
0
305
305
448 11,971 12,378
Jackson
11
255
11
830
0
0
0 1,095
0
0 2,589
0
Jeff Davis
23
140
87
29
134
80
4
58
53
0
0
0
Jefferson
6
6
2
270
847
733
0
0
0
1,818 1,650
0
Jenkins
49
130
84
15
218
193
0
3
3
80 1,829 1,754
Liberty
264
399
182
1,050
541
247
0
160
0
0
0
0
Long
0
0
0
0
414
0
0
0
0
0 2,042
0
Lowndes
143
481
377
549 3,492 2,960
83
728
435
5,111 18,531 16,455
McIntosh
0
0
0
0
496
0
0
0
0
0 4,175
0
Miller
6
23
17
29
119
90
0
0
0
155
991
836
Mitchell
0 1,519 1,309
0
341
283
0
0
0
0
0
0
Muscogee
265 2,295 2,030
587 3,993 3,406
0
0
0
0
0
0
Pierce
9
128
119
41
217
176
0
52
52
67
855
788
Putnam
654
169
110
216
713
517
0
0
0
2,674 2,865 2,241
Richmond
407 2,080 1,673
819 4,632 3,813
0
0 2,480
6,160 28,923 22,763
Rockdale
62
346
333
408
787
762
5
209
261
685 6,749 6,920
Screven
0
102
0
0
305
0
0 1,172
0
0 1,687
0
Spalding
0
425
255
0 3,003 3,311
0 1,613 1,613
0 3,864 4,089
14
Stephens
Sumter
30
88
65
31
140
136
247
486
373
822 1,041 1,131
0
15
15
0
0
0
17
602
530
619 2,218 2,070
Tattnall
33
140
121
24
515
527
0
0
0
13 1,560 1,516
Thomas
290
258
245
1,001 2,224 1,953
0
102
102
27 4,648 4,233
Tift
97
349
252
0
0
0
0
0
0
3,728 14,553 10,825
Toombs
163
153
488
4,291
618
605
0
0
0
2,442 2,128
0
Treutlen
0
0
0
0
152
0
0
0
0
0 4,446
0
Troup
24
242
251
709 1,442 1,446
0
0
0
1,764 6,790 5,527
Turner
0
0
0
0
5
0
0
0
0
0 3,223
0
Walker
3,303 4,479 3,509
1,857 1,360
734
0
0
0
1,914 2,286 1,778
Ware
20
277
247
65
748
702
0
496
496
207 2,555 2,741
Washington
1,740 1,562
614
441
536
493
0
0
0
0
0
0
Wayne
0
93
0
0
792
0
0
0
0
0 2,027
0
Worth
97
120
139
316
467
436
0
0
0
1,987 4,198 4,351
Total
27,949 67,159 46,932
39,134 121,333 95,657
7,118 27,254 13,851
56,037 460,512 333,706
State Court Caseload Calendar Year 2004
(number of cases)
Landlord/Tenant Disp.
Open
Filed Disposed
Other Civil Open Filed Disposed
County Totals Open Filed Disposed
County
0
9
11
838 1,083 1,225
1,789 16,263 16,706
Houston
0
0
0
0
409
0
841 4,348
11
Jackson
0
0
0
21
63
38
77
395
258
Jeff Davis
18
30
30
0
0
0
2,112 2,533
765
Jefferson
3
6
4
8
34
24
155 2,220 2,062
Jenkins
1
5
5
27
270
207
1,342 1,375
641
Liberty
0
0
0
0
22
0
0 2,478
0
Long
0
0
0
550 1,514
517
6,436 24,746 20,744
Lowndes
0
0
0
0
27
0
0 4,698
0
McIntosh
0
0
0
7
17
10
197 1,150
953
Miller
0
0
0
0
149
85
0 2,009 1,677
Mitchell
0
0
0
0
0
0
852 6,288 5,436
Muscogee
0
0
0
7
54
47
124 1,306 1,182
Pierce
0
0
0
0
0
0
3,544 3,747 2,868
Putnam
0
0
0
817 1,843 1,026
8,203 37,478 31,755
Richmond
14
11
9
1,058 1,077 1,271
2,232 9,179 9,556
Rockdale
4
12
9
41
96
33
45 3,374
42
Screven
0
1
1
0
593
414
0 9,499 9,683
Spalding
0
0
0
44
359
236
338 1,550 1,219
Stephens
15
0
0
0
88
255
144
1,560 3,654 3,481
Sumter
0
0
0
8
132
74
78 2,347 2,238
Tattnall
1
2
2
123
355
144
1,442 7,589 6,679
Thomas
2
10
8
52
176
124
3,879 15,088 11,209
Tift
1
0
0
0
0
0
6,897 2,899 1,093
Toombs
0
0
0
0
37
0
0 4,635
0
Treutlen
0
0
0
528
499
394
3,025 8,973 7,618
Troup
0
0
0
0
1
0
0 3,229
0
Turner
1
1
0
0
0
0
7,075 8,126 6,021
Walker
0
0
0
67
184
162
359 4,260 4,348
Ware
1
1
0
0
0
0
2,182 2,099 1,107
Washington
0
0
0
0
142
0
0 3,054
0
Wayne
1
2
2
0
0
0
2,401 4,787 4,928
Worth
64,829 97,755 42,108
90,070 128,685 107,705
285,137 904,611 639,959
Total
16
Juvenile Courts
Jurisdiction of the juvenile courts extends to delinquent and unruly children under 17 years of age and deprived and neglected children under 18
years of age. Juvenile court judges have jurisdiction
over minors who commit traffic violations or request
consent to marry or enlist in the armed forces.
Juvenile courts have concurrent jurisdiction with supe-
rior courts in child custody and child support cases and
in proceedings to terminate parental rights. Certain
serious violent felonies committed by juveniles may be
tried in superior court. Juvenile court judges are
appointed by the superior court judges of the circuit to
four-year terms.
17
Juvenile Court Caseload Calendar Year 2004 (number of children)
Delinquent
County
Filed Disposed Open
Appling
82
0
0
Atkinson
38
34
4
Bacon
43
18
25
Baker
1
0
3
Baldwin
289
0
0
Banks
0
0
0
Barrow
373
403
153
Bartow
618
585
427
Ben Hill
262
250
69
Berrien
140
97
41
Bibb
2,183 1,829
820
Bleckley
52
40
12
Brantley
0
0
0
Brooks
76
83
1
Bryan
102
94
38
Bulloch
180
171
9
Burke
187
165
23
Butts
346
122
224
Calhoun
39
31
8
Camden
355
328
349
Candler
49
41
12
Carroll
1,136
996
140
Catoosa
437
404
122
Charlton
86
71
84
Chatham
2,405 2,323 2,089
18 Chattahoochee
15
13
2
Chattooga
92
76
16
Cherokee
627
625
460
Clarke
1,261
784
613
Clay
14
14
0
Clayton
4,240 4,449
997
Clinch
78
53
25
Cobb
3,898 3,350
548
Coffee
283
216
67
Colquitt
325
227
48
Columbia
0
0
0
Cook
28
14
14
Coweta
788
865 1,020
Crawford
35
33
2
Crisp
292
305
16
Dade
79
31
48
Dawson
130
123
80
Decatur
161
150
4
DeKalb
4,800 4,721
79
Dodge
0
0
0
Dooly
87
78
9
Dougherty
1,116 1,398
289
Douglas
1,333 1,215 1,508
Early
157
152
5
Echols
7
3
4
Effingham
132
136
60
Elbert
268
274
143
Emanuel
102
29
457
Evans
81
70
10
Filed 49 19 12 3 57 0
161 369
23 41 398 56
0 43 34 18 118 78
3 165
50 299 183
44 510
3 46 343 636
2 431
21 833
79 89
0 92 130
5 115 60 43
6 1,975
0 59 268 449 11
4 39
0 45 24
Unruly
Disposed Open
0
0
19
0
1
11
2
1
0
0
0
0
141
29
359
253
21
5
32
7
359
69
49
7
0
0
43
1
18
28
18
0
97
25
23
55
3
0
159
114
38
16
259
40
192
41
29
27
503
740
3
0
36
10
339
196
398
297
2
0
393
230
17
4
747
86
56
23
89
0
0
0
45
47
130
200
5
0
121
0
27
33
38
26
6
0
1,709
266
0
0
56
3
239
73
433 1,249
11
0
0
4
36
29
0
0
20
156
22
3
Termination of Parental Rights
Filed Disposed Open
2
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
1
2
0
0
240
0
0
0
0
0
5
28
38
52
35
34
0
0
3
0
0
0
69
60
11
1
2
0
0
0
0
4
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
0
5
0
0
0
9
9
7
0
0
0
8
8
0
11
8
11
2
0
2
32
24
57
0
0
0
10
2
8
13
8
15
87
38
36
0
0
0
25
27
5
2
2
0
88
39
49
1
1
0
15
0
0
0
0
0
19
1
18
19
38
27
1
1
0
9
8
5
1
0
1
1
2
1
4
2
1
60
52
8
0
0
0
0
0
0
20
26
15
40
32
37
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Filed 62 1 20 12 0 0
208 643
45 35 1,695
7 0 55 0 0 30 340 1 42 37 175 174 36 713 10 98 560 770 20 1,359 9 1,550 33 130 0 45 397 139 178 38 40 101 1,891 0 54 226 547 38 11 0 53 50 54
Deprived
Disposed Open
0
0
1
0
3
17
9
4
0
0
0
0
194
111
541
338
16
118
0
0
1,581
182
5
2
0
0
55
0
0
0
0
0
10
20
26
314
1
0
37
42
38
0
94
81
120
206
42
26
612 1,782
0
10
43
55
523
211
400
276
13
7
1,331
350
9
0
1,106
444
3
30
121
9
0
0
37
8
376
564
124
15
188
51
6
32
38
32
76
18
1,687
204
0
0
8
46
264
47
441 1,205
29
9
0
11
11
11
46
38
9
187
34
44
Juvenile Court Caseload Calendar Year 2004 (number of children)
Filed 6
11 3 2 94 0 54 233 18 17 219 14 0 18 54 92 28 40 5 32 9 133 178 2 657 14 52 548 189 4 318 10 1,510 120 86 0 68 438 4 35 48 52 32 594 0 9 114 143 11 19 86 22 0 12
Traffic
Disposed Open
0
0
10
1
2
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
46
5
212
292
17
5
14
2
200
31
12
2
0
0
18
0
39
15
92
0
26
2
19
21
5
0
22
43
9
1
125
8
189
46
6
29
590
883
8
6
45
7
536
188
187
136
4
0
352
258
8
2
1,210
300
73
47
86
0
0
0
35
33
396
366
4
0
33
4
24
24
56
15
30
1
441
153
0
0
9
0
111
15
131 19,010
11
0
5
14
61
19
29
7
0
3
13
0
Special Proceedings
Filed Disposed Open
10
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
29
0
0
0
0
0
12
10
11
37
37
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
37
34
81
1
0
1
0
0
0
6
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
81
74
7
0
0
0
0
0
0
59
46
75
2
0
2
84
75
9
8
5
4
0
0
0
121
95
322
0
0
0
58
18
40
68
47
66
153
47
30
3
3
0
210
167
81
36
32
4
121
95
26
3
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
135
57
78
11
8
149
8
8
0
2
0
0
7
1
6
3
6
8
1
0
1
273
205
68
0
0
0
1
0
1
52
49
13
19
12
93
4
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
3
6
1
0
4
0
0
0
Filed 211
69 80 20 709 145 813 1,952 348 233 4,601 131 169 202 190 290 444 809 48 662 147 1,835 991 170 4,438 42 356 2,159 3,096 43 6,583 156 8,000 519 645 1,210 387 1,783 192 631 233 269 305 9,593 1,212 210 1,796 2,531 222 41 257 346 198 171
Total
Disposed Open
0
0
64
5
25
55
13
8
0
0
0
0
822
347
1,769 1,344
305
201
143
50
4,063 1,194
108
24
0
0
209
2
151
81
281
9
372
77
190
619
40
8
601
630
126
31
1,557
278
918
430
148
168
4,147 5,873
24
18
220
136
2,078 1,136
1,854 1,388
36
7
6,719 1,921
121
35
6,547 1,453
350
169
523
57
0
0
189
198
1,813 2,326
175
17
655
76
89
144
263
162
264
25
8,815
778
0
0
151
59
2,087
452
2,264 23,102
206
16
8
33
244
119
352
194
58
807
139
57
County
Appling
Atkinson
Bacon
Baker
Baldwin
Banks
Barrow
Bartow
Ben Hill
Berrien
Bibb
Bleckley
Brantley
Brooks
Bryan
Bulloch
Burke
Butts
Calhoun
Camden
Candler
Carroll
Catoosa
Charlton
Chatham
Chattahoochee
19
Chattooga
Cherokee
Clarke
Clay
Clayton
Clinch
Cobb
Coffee
Colquitt
Columbia
Cook
Coweta
Crawford
Crisp
Dade
Dawson
Decatur
DeKalb
Dodge
Dooly
Dougherty
Douglas
Early
Echols
Effingham
Elbert
Emanuel
Evans
County Fannin Fayette Floyd Forsyth Franklin Fulton Gilmer Glascock Glynn Gordon Grady Greene Gwinnett Habersham Hall Hancock Haralson Harris Hart Heard Henry Houston Irwin Jackson* Jasper
20 Jeff Davis
Jefferson Jenkins Johnson Jones Lamar Lanier Laurens Lee Liberty Lincoln Long Lowndes Lumpkin Macon Madison Marion McDuffie McIntosh Meriwether Miller Mitchell Monroe Montgomery Morgan Murray Muscogee Newton Oconee
Juvenile Court Caseload Calendar Year 2004 (number of children)
Delinquent
Filed Disposed Open
27
0
0
809
772
208
806
858
12
306
228
78
0
0
0
5,773 3,580 2,193
197
113
84
2
2
0
518
471
95
357
330
27
122
56
38
0
0
0
5,552 5,380 1,695
249
231
18
1,522 1,692
580
16
13
3
152
138
14
115
95
19
162
5
366
0
0
0
1,755 1,976 1,820
1,889 1,610
268
36
33
3
68
68
0
108
79
29
48
48
0
163
151
12
25
25
0
32
20
16
95
153
22
166
80
86
35
8
27
585
585
0
159
155
4
403
196
207
54
48
23
0
0
0
128
73
55
82
73
9
129
4
5
89
95
39
6
6
0
122
112
24
110
86
111
169
149
16
65
62
3
155
117
38
175
152
29
22
17
5
113
106
7
251
223
28
2,306 2,428
600
862 1,069
242
154
143
11
Filed 59
242 543 210
0 1,083
78 0
142 221
29 0
1,541 72
491 10
238 53 3 0
509 1,024
5 58 27 40 79 46 16 48 42 25 68 24 271
0 0 971 125 27 42 8 40 22 50 10 179 162 9 22 167 937 243 53
Unruly Disposed
0 245 565 165
0 730
42 0
154 219
12 0
1,479 61
493 8
218 44 0 0
375 909
3 58 17 33 48 46 11 45
9 15 68 24 157
0 0 568 107 27 39 8 41 21 48 10 167 158 8 19 133 911 300 51
Open 0
55 18 45
0 353
36 0
22 2
19 0
525 11 74 2 20 9 11 0
752 113
2 0 10 7 31 0 5 45 33 10 0 0 114 0 0 403 18 0 29 0 0 14 2 0 12 9 1 3 34 599 58 2
Termination of Parental Rights
Filed Disposed Open
0
0
0
13
5
11
30
36
14
33
13
20
0
0
0
219
110
109
5
3
2
0
0
0
1
1
0
11
6
5
5
2
4
0
0
0
53
43
27
2
2
0
26
25
13
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
23
22
67
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
4
0
2
2
0
2
1
1
4
2
2
6
5
1
5
0
5
8
11
8
9
6
3
1
1
0
15
15
0
0
0
0
10
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
12
6
6
4
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
8
1
0
0
0
11
6
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
5
2
3
41
35
6
15
21
8
4
10
0
3
1
2
Filed 90
426 815 190
0 4,084
79 8
155 392
57 0
2,167 38 52 14 79 81 55 0
813 889
26 36 36 17 88 45 36 91 161 33 233 20 117 16
0 167 106
14 50
3 43 141 101 10 136 105
7 60 458 1,133 353 103
Deprived Disposed
0 428 783 136
0 3,164
24 8
184 358
31 0
1,881 30 50 11 51 65 0 0
849 780
16 29 22 14 76 40 22 138 107
0 233
15 23 12
0 84 86 11 58
1 32 88 101 10 57 83
3 53 414 1,067 355 68
Open 0
71 31 54
0 920
55 0
78 34 24
0 804
8 10
3 28 13 134
0 956 104
10 7
14 3
12 5
17 92 54 33
0 5 94 4 0 83 20 3 25 2 24 80 0 0 79 19 4 7 44 350 62 35
Juvenile Court Caseload Calendar Year 2004 (number of children)
Filed
Traffic Disposed Open
Special Proceedings Filed Disposed Open
Total Filed Disposed Open
County
34
0
0
0
0
0
210
0
0
Fannin
439
420
57
19
17
11
1,948 1,887
413
Fayette
324
345
6
147
133
15
2,665 2,720
96
Floyd
247
220
27
0
0
0
986
762
224
Forsyth
0
0
0
0
0
0
247
0
0
Franklin
847
664
183
444
313
131
12,450 8,561 3,889
Fulton
35
19
16
6
3
3
400
204
196
Gilmer
1
1
0
0
0
0
11
11
0
Glascock
233
207
47
21
14
9
1,070 1,031
251
Glynn
137
136
1
0
0
0
1,118 1,049
69
Gordon
35
18
19
11
5
6
259
124
110
Grady
0
0
0
0
0
0
320
0
0
Greene
1,494
1,433
437
249
255
157
11,056 10,471 3,645
Gwinnett
28
28
0
0
0
0
389
352
37
Habersham
659
670
149
273
317
91
3,023 3,247
917
Hall
0
0
0
28
26
2
68
58
10
Hancock
49
47
2
7
6
1
525
460
65
Haralson
49
43
5
15
10
5
315
258
52
Harris
2
0
11
25
16
46
247
21
568
Hart
0
0
0
0
0
0
165
0
0
Heard
420
394
495
509
375
752
4,029 3,991 4,842
Henry
326
320
5
20
11
8
4,148 3,630
498
Houston
28
21
7
1
1
0
96
74
22
Irwin
16
16
0
13
12
1
195
187
8
Jackson*
17
17
0
2
2
0
192
139
53
Jasper
38
28
10
7
4
3
152
128
24
Jeff Davis
21
6
6
0
0
0
0
340
283
57
Jefferson
8
8
0
0
0
0
130
124
6
Jenkins
8
6
3
0
0
0
97
59
46
Johnson
46
62
34
18
23
0
306
432
201
Jones
26
11
15
5
3
2
409
216
193
Lamar
10
5
5
0
0
0
104
29
75
Lanier
124
124
0
0
0
0
1,025 1,025
0
Laurens
66
66
0
3
3
0
272
263
9
Lee
154
80
70
225
150
75
1,180
606
560
Liberty
22
21
14
0
0
0
92
81
41
Lincoln
0
0
0
0
0
227
0
0
Long
185
141
44
227
85
142
1,690
957
733
Lowndes
21
20
1
33
25
8
371
313
58
Lumpkin
8
8
0
5
5
0
184
56
8
Macon
24
25
4
4
0
4
209
217
101
Madison
6
6
0
1
1
0
24
22
2
Marion
41
42
2
2
3
0
252
238
51
McDuffie
9
9
3
14
33
10
296
237
218
McIntosh
28
27
1
104
101
3
463
432
27
Meriwether
25
24
1
4
4
0
114
110
4
Miller
21
8
13
0
0
0
491
349
142
Mitchell
45
42
3
1
0
1
489
436
61
Monroe
3
3
0
0
0
0
41
31
10
Montgomery
30
25
5
4
3
1
234
208
26
Morgan
56
45
11
26
23
3
999
873
126
Murray
226
229
102
127
122
81
4,744 4,778 1,740
Muscogee
72
85
9
67
68
6
1,601 1,887
377
Newton
49
48
1
7
5
2
369
316
53
Oconee
County Oglethorpe Paulding Peach Pickens Pierce Pike Polk Pulaski Putnam Quitman Rabun Randolph Richmond Rockdale Schley Screven Seminole Spalding Stephens Stewart Sumter Talbot Taliaferro Tattnall
22 Taylor
Telfair Terrell Thomas Tift Toombs Towns Treutlen Troup Turner Twiggs Union Upson Walker Walton Ware Warren Washington Wayne Webster Wheeler White Whitfield Wilcox Wilkes Wilkinson Worth Total
Juvenile Court Caseload Calendar Year 2004 (number of children)
Delinquent
Filed Disposed Open
108
82
26
545
419
253
66
39
27
133
108
12
78
27
51
86
46
369
333
300
33
27
26
1
118
60
58
0
0
0
51
34
21
39
35
4
3,272 3,090
182
466
381
93
37
37
0
122
92
111
104
14
83
363
335
28
308
292
16
48
48
0
444
433
11
34
30
4
8
5
3
100
81
22
12
12
0
42
42
0
58
57
1
344
308
36
369
297
72
268
197
71
26
16
10
54
0
0
1,403 1,381 1,637
0
0
0
102
95
7
5
0
0
257
218
39
381
354
27
1,188 1,137
234
347
358
397
43
41
2
175
140
82
1
0
1
4
4
0
0
0
0
146
191
73
813
792
21
55
51
4
24
20
4
91
99
15
98
98
186
70,348 63,525 24,673
Filed 8
205 18 84 63 5 113 5 45 0 34 1
1,420 133 8 39 44 57 80 3 192 5 0 82 16 24 27 64 47 45 14 7 361 0 21 1 26 260 295 192 9 137 47 8 0 33 415 14 7 24 47
23,690
Unruly
Disposed Open
4
4
184
41
15
3
68
35
43
20
1
6
110
3
5
0
26
19
0
0
47
8
1
0
1,255
165
88
39
8
0
34
12
6
75
44
13
67
13
3
0
192
0
5
0
0
0
67
31
16
0
24
0
25
2
48
16
28
19
36
9
5
9
0
0
237
621
0
0
21
0
0
0
24
2
210
50
296
45
186
231
9
0
114
40
56
11
8
0
0
0
47
10
371
44
12
2
7
0
18
35
47
60
20,330 9,605
Termination of Parental Rights
Filed Disposed Open
2
2
0
14
18
5
9
5
4
6
3
3
0
0
0
9
1
11
17
3
14
0
0
0
2
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
35
32
3
34
27
7
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
41
19
22
0
0
0
0
0
0
6
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
4
4
0
3
3
0
1
1
0
8
8
0
1
1
0
7
3
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
22
26
90
0
0
0
2
0
2
2
0
0
6
5
1
10
8
2
13
13
9
3
4
39
5
0
5
3
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
35
35
0
1
0
1
1
1
0
13
6
4
0
0
0
1,769 1,108
952
Filed 28
401 46
162 25 87
533 22 88 0
128 11
2,570 119 2 0 112 868 62 5 20 26 9 52 25 7 37 144 52 140 39 22 7 0 22 35 127 179 241 12 41 44 78 0 0 49 462 16 71 55 61
34,503
Deprived
Disposed Open
10
18
344
190
24
22
124
85
3
22
8
421
302
231
13
8
1
87
0
0
29
100
10
1
2,245
325
87
33
1
1
0
0
0
130
818
50
48
14
2
3
11
9
26
0
3
6
16
57
25
0
7
0
30
7
135
9
1
51
138
2
2
37
0
0
5
19
0
0
13
9
0
0
74
53
184
5
245
26
9
5
28
13
27
97
73
54
0
0
0
0
23
86
407
55
10
6
54
17
62
27
61
102
28,197 14,164
Please note not all counties were able to collect detailed case filing information, but were able to provide the total number of cases filed for 2004. Fannin: Delinqent and Unruly data are combined and shown under Delinquent Baldwin: Termination of parental rights and deprived data are combined and are shown under deprived. Houston: Termination of parental rights and deprived data are combined and are shown under deprived.
Juvenile Court Caseload Calendar Year 2004 (number of children)
Filed
Traffic Disposed Open
Special Proceedings Filed Disposed Open
Total Filed Disposed Open
County
9
8
1
0
0
0
155
106
49
Oglethorpe
222
202
40
3
2
1
1,390 1,169
530
Paulding
53
53
0
125
61
64
317
197
120
Peach
82
77
2
11
4
5
478
384
142
Pickens
20
16
4
7
1
6
193
90
103
Pierce
41
19
86
9
4
20
237
79
913
Pike
183
181
2
0
0
0
1,179
896
283
Polk
4
4
0
11
9
3
69
57
12
Pulaski
30
17
13
0
0
0
283
104
179
Putnam
0
0
0
0
0
0
11
0
0
Quitman
15
12
3
4
1
3
232
123
135
Rabun
7
4
3
0
0
0
59
51
8
Randolph
540
478
62
57
50
7
7,894 7,150
744
Richmond
140
122
20
24
20
6
916
725
198
Rockdale
6
6
0
1
1
0
55
54
1
Schley
38
16
20
1
43
0
200
185
143
Screven
24
0
28
6
0
4
291
20
321
Seminole
70
65
5
3
2
1
1,402 1,283
119
Spalding
17
17
0
0
0
0
467
424
43
Stephens
4
4
0
4
4
0
64
61
3
Stewart
69
69
0
17
17
0
748
728
20
Sumter
6
4
2
0
0
0
71
65
6
Talbot
3
3
0
0
0
0
20
11
9
Taliaferro
34
26
10
1
0
7
269
191
128
Tattnall
14
14
0
2
0
2
73
71
2
Taylor
23
5
5
0
1
1
1
82
82
1
Telfair
14
14
0
14
14
0
151
141
10
Terrell
123
122
1
5
5
0
688
626
62
Thomas
147
125
22
2
0
2
618
452
166
Tift
12
12
0
2
2
0
474
388
86
Toombs
11
4
7
0
0
0
90
27
63
Towns
35
0
0
0
0
0
118
0
0
Treutlen
302
327
479
206
194
470
2,301 2,170 3,316
Troup
0
0
0
0
0
0
138
0
0
Turner
6
6
0
0
0
0
153
135
18
Twiggs
8
0
0
143
0
0
194
0
0
Union
77
71
6
0
0
0
493
392
101
Upson
142
171
41
3
3
0
975
930
125
Walker
140
137
38
21
24
15
1,898 1,852
367
Walton
34
27
54
154
148
209
742
732
935
Ware
8
8
0
1
0
1
107
86
21
Warren
25
23
11
0
0
0
384
307
230
Washington
0
0
0
951
699
342
1,077
828
408
Wayne
0
0
0
0
0
0
12
12
0
Webster
0
0
0
0
0
0
42
0
0
Wheeler
18
19
11
11
11
4
258
291
185
White
408
399
9
456
387
69
2,589 2,391
198
Whitfield
7
7
0
0
0
0
93
80
13
Wilcox
13
13
0
0
0
0
116
95
21
Wilkes
8
12
0
2
2
0
193
199
81
Wilkinson
70
70
63
0
0
3
276
276
414
Worth
16,478 14,765 24,856
6,591 5,030 4,015
157,265 132,955 78,265
Total
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Probate Courts
County probate courts exercise exclusive, original jurisdiction in the probate of wills, administration of estates, appointment of guardians
and involuntary hospitalization of incapacitated adults
and other individuals.
All probate court judges administer oaths of office
and issue marriage licenses. They may hold habeas cor-
pus hearings or preside over criminal preliminary hear-
ings. Unless a jury trial is requested, probate court
judges may also hear certain misdemeanors, traffic cases
and violations of state game and fish laws in counties
where there is no state court. When authorized by local
statute, probate judges serve as election supervisors and
25
make appointments to certain local public offices.
Probate Court Civil Caseload for Calendar Year 2004 (docket entries)
County
Letters of Admin.
No Admin. Necessary
Will Probate
Year's Support
Guardianship
Petitions
Custodial
Citations
Appling
33
2
39
1
27
2
0
0
Atkinson3
0
0
13
0
11
0
0
0
Bacon
11
0
34
0
8
1
0
0
Baker1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
Baldwin
52
5
103
3
85
8
4
1
Banks
9
0
31
6
42
2
1
1
Barrow
43
10
110
10
133
3
0
0
Bartow
79
15
206
9
114
5
0
0
Ben Hill
19
2
52
3
24
3
0
0
Berrien3
25
3
32
7
6
1
4
0
Bibb
226
11
470
88
144
31
3
27
Bleckley
5
1
22
1
4
0
0
0
Brantley
9
3
29
9
18
3
0
0
Brooks
27
10
70
6
25
2
0
0
Bryan
14
1
48
5
75
0
2
0
Bulloch
39
4
106
3
86
7
0
0
Burke
20
3
38
13
10
4
0
1
Butts1
2
0
7
2
6
0
0
0
Calhoun
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
Camden
52
12
114
5
60
9
0
0
Candler
27
0
33
1
13
3
0
0
Carroll
125
5
272
12
232
34
0
7
Catoosa3
23
3
68
0
31
0
0
0
Charlton
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
26
Chatham
609
82
1,294
242
1,484
37
0
960
Chattahoochee
5
1
7
3
8
1
0
0
Chattooga2
17
2
60
0
11
2
2
0
Cherokee
97
18
357
26
167
9
0
11
Clarke
55
8
221
33
66
19
0
0
Clay
5
1
15
1
2
0
0
0
Clayton
146
20
263
36
363
28
0
21
Clinch
11
0
15
4
3
0
0
0
Cobb
395
46
1,225
65
704
43
0
0
Coffee
28
1
63
2
67
0
0
0
Colquitt
10
12
87
2
31
4
0
1
Columbia
0
6
0
61
0
0
0
0
Cook
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
Coweta
62
7
218
35
179
11
0
5
Crawford
8
4
33
7
28
0
0
0
Crisp
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
Dade
8
0
28
0
25
0
0
0
Dawson
15
2
46
10
16
1
0
0
Decatur
29
7
70
3
38
4
0
0
DeKalb
1,068
116
2,013
287
1,673
82
14
35
Dodge
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
Dooly
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
Dougherty
126
11
279
8
264
32
9
21
Douglas
71
25
182
26
114
4
0
1
Early
11
12
43
2
24
3
0
0
Echols
1
0
3
0
9
0
0
0
Effingham
40
5
145
41
110
46
12
5
Elbert
11
2
77
9
36
1
0
0
Emanuel
17
7
58
3
28
4
0
1
Evans
18
0
28
6
22
0
0
0
This report contains only the courts who have reported at least one quarter. 1One quarter reported 2Two quarters reported 3Three quarters reported
Probate Court Civil Caseload for Calendar Year 2004 (docket entries)
Misc.
Inventories
Mental Health
Habeas Corpus
Total Dockets
Licenses Marriage Firearm
County
3
14
8
0
129
191
194
Appling
0
2
0
0
26
47
38
Atkinson3
3
3
2
0
62
121
114
Bacon
0
0
1
0
2
1
2
Baker1
29
264
148
0
702
369
287
Baldwin
15
25
7
0
139
120
186
Banks
59
72
21
0
461
451
520
Barrow
46
13
54
0
541
786
867
Bartow
14
2
11
0
130
188
111
Ben Hill
1
4
1
2
86
149
139
Berrien3
366
696
30
0
2,092
1,479
846
Bibb
0
0
8
0
41
76
137
Bleckley
8
7
0
0
86
131
135
Brantley
24
11
10
0
185
141
97
Brooks
10
0
7
0
162
189
299
Bryan
109
19
55
0
428
538
472
Bulloch
0
8
3
0
100
159
141
Burke
5
7
1
0
30
32
44
Butts1
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
Calhoun
49
46
0
0
347
1,166
381
Camden
0
0
0
0
77
130
53
Candler
129
114
0
0
930
820
974
Carroll
57
51
8
0
241
1,595
347
Catoosa3
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
Charlton
450
304
45
0
5,507
2,767
1,206
Chatham
27
2
4
6
0
37
75
34
Chattahoochee
3
3
17
0
117
125
102
Chattooga2
2,297
307
201
0
3,490
1,064
1,463
Cherokee
147
82
0
0
631
967
424
Clarke
1
8
0
0
33
23
25
Clay
465
579
66
0
1,987
1,689
1,602
Clayton
5
3
0
0
41
72
32
Clinch
600
487
60
0
3,625
5,159
3,303
Cobb
36
35
11
0
243
336
223
Coffee
47
79
22
0
295
373
209
Colquitt
0
0
0
0
67
537
527
Columbia
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
Cook
124
270
22
0
933
717
1,076
Coweta
4
3
1
0
88
95
121
Crawford
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
Crisp
4
5
2
0
72
229
124
Dade
15
0
0
0
105
135
261
Dawson
53
12
12
0
228
191
127
Decatur
10,514
1,707
502
1
18,012
4,776
3,551
DeKalb
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
Dodge
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
Dooly
201
201
246
0
1,398
891
633
Dougherty
144
357
3
0
927
1,002
1,155
Douglas
7
1
4
2
109
119
100
Early
0
0
2
0
15
74
35
Echols
24
63
0
0
491
340
332
Effingham
15
7
12
0
170
161
172
Elbert
46
7
20
0
191
241
244
Emanuel
10
3
4
0
91
93
128
Evans
This report contains only the courts who have reported at least one quarter. 1One quarter reported 2Two quarters reported 3Three quarters reported
Probate Court Civil Caseload for Calendar Year 2004 (docket entries)
County
Letters of Admin.
No Admin. Necessary
Will Probate
Year's Support
Guardianship
Petitions
Custodial
Citations
Fannin
34
2
61
4
42
2
0
0
Fayette
55
5
224
40
125
12
0
0
Floyd
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
Forsyth
55
1
227
16
115
7
0
0
Franklin
15
5
46
9
19
2
0
0
Fulton
1,194
144
1,656
127
1,634
66
3
39
Gilmer
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
Glascock3
1
5
9
0
3
1
0
0
Glynn
102
4
242
44
89
11
7
0
Gordon
33
3
79
1
32
0
0
0
Grady
24
6
60
1
16
6
0
0
Greene
26
3
60
2
35
3
0
0
Gwinnett
257
29
830
100
1,075
82
1
79
Habersham
46
1
133
11
78
1
0
0
Hall
122
6
430
29
295
25
0
0
Hancock
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
Haralson
37
1
95
13
68
10
0
0
Harris
22
4
70
8
37
3
0
0
Hart
20
3
99
6
32
3
0
0
Heard2
10
0
10
4
9
0
0
0
Henry
95
11
231
36
444
33
0
1
Houston
96
18
226
14
153
15
11
1
Irwin2
13
2
13
2
3
0
0
0
Jackson
28
Jasper
Jeff Davis
41
8
118
31
112
11
0
0
16
3
35
2
35
0
0
0
18
1
22
0
9
1
0
0
Jefferson3
4
6
38
6
2
0
0
0
Jenkins3
9
0
14
0
11
1
0
0
Johnson3
5
1
18
1
8
1
0
0
Jones
30
2
66
12
53
2
0
0
Lamar
10
3
35
4
20
0
0
0
Lanier
7
3
15
0
39
1
0
0
Laurens
27
14
100
5
49
0
0
0
Lee
13
0
41
4
20
1
0
0
Liberty
167
2
209
15
382
2
0
0
Lincoln
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
Long
7
0
13
2
28
0
0
0
Lowndes3
78
3
171
15
66
9
0
0
Lumpkin
36
4
64
5
61
2
0
0
Macon2
3
1
10
0
3
2
0
0
Madison
12
6
68
27
60
0
0
0
Marion
5
0
12
0
8
0
0
0
McDuffie3
16
0
51
7
46
0
0
0
McIntosh3
10
0
9
4
7
0
0
0
Meriwether
15
4
69
3
29
2
0
0
Miller
7
2
23
1
6
0
0
0
Mitchell
29
1
42
8
17
2
0
1
Monroe
23
1
55
6
28
5
0
0
Montgomery
12
5
17
1
16
0
0
0
Morgan
17
2
47
0
45
1
0
0
Murray
10
3
20
6
10
1
0
0
Muscogee
158
8
583
78
142
18
0
0
Newton
48
3
87
20
196
10
10
9
Oconee
22
2
76
7
24
4
0
4
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Probate Court Civil Caseload for Calendar Year 2004 (docket entries)
Misc.
Inventories
Mental Health
Habeas Corpus
Total Dockets
Licenses Marriage Firearm
County
1
24
10
0
180
180
446
Fannin
33
158
21
0
673
711
965
Fayette
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
Floyd
56
49
27
0
553
932
1,099
Forsyth
13
4
0
0
113
171
261
Franklin
8,466
1,708
132
0
15,169
5,368
2,740
Fulton
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
Gilmer
4
1
2
0
26
14
28
Glascock3
53
83
47
39
721
906
622
Glynn
14
27
21
0
210
269
283
Gordon
29
28
30
0
200
221
135
Grady
6
26
17
0
178
109
161
Greene
1,038
1,218
176
0
4,885
5,869
4,426
Gwinnett
11
0
16
1
298
304
373
Habersham
162
188
62
0
1,319
1,217
1,031
Hall
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
Hancock
50
23
42
5
344
198
314
Haralson
18
3
13
0
178
209
238
Harris
48
40
26
0
277
155
239
Hart
0
4
5
0
42
47
73
Heard2
180
426
38
1
1,496
1,477
1,422
Henry
264
230
72
0
1,100
1,087
963
Houston
0
0
0
0
33
28
52
Irwin2
44
37
42
0
444
322
482
Jackson
4
4
11
0
110
88
222
Jasper
29
2
8
9
0
70
139
84
Jeff Davis
12
3
4
0
75
110
77
Jefferson3
5
14
1
0
55
62
68
Jenkins3
2
1
17
0
54
34
85
Johnson3
86
31
12
0
294
167
341
Jones
0
0
0
0
72
110
196
Lamar
11
4
0
0
80
94
69
Lanier
0
0
25
0
220
416
456
Laurens
21
4
6
0
110
224
268
Lee
21
120
22
0
940
1,225
282
Liberty
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
Lincoln
0
0
0
0
50
79
57
Long
35
46
38
0
461
901
340
Lowndes3
7
15
17
0
211
256
237
Lumpkin
8
3
3
0
33
53
50
Macon2
25
11
5
0
214
90
163
Madison
3
7
3
0
38
69
77
Marion
13
16
8
0
157
187
155
McDuffie3
1
0
15
0
46
56
32
McIntosh3
33
21
23
0
199
160
265
Meriwether
22
7
10
0
78
75
59
Miller
20
3
23
0
146
157
128
Mitchell
12
41
8
0
179
108
186
Monroe
11
13
5
0
161
143
293
Montgomery
0
0
10
0
89
82
190
Morgan
36
45
56
0
391
268
263
Murray
28
0
0
0
80
87
81
Muscogee
40
40
12
0
256
115
215
Newton
0
0
1
0
16
36
44
Oconee
This report contains only the courts who have reported at least one quarter. 1One quarter reported 2Two quarters reported 3Three quarters reported
Probate Court Civil Caseload for Calendar Year 2004 (docket entries)
County
Letters of Admin.
No Admin. Necessary
Will Probate
Year's Support
Guardianship
Petitions
Custodial
Citations
Oglethorpe
23
0
38
0
33
2
2
0
Paulding
58
15
163
18
85
15
0
3
Pickens
12
9
86
2
15
4
17
0
Pierce
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
Pike
16
0
40
4
29
0
0
0
Polk
64
3
146
2
62
4
0
0
Pulaski
9
3
37
0
17
0
0
0
Putnam
16
1
69
17
39
6
1
5
Quitman3
0
3
3
0
0
0
0
0
Rabun
12
15
57
4
32
7
0
0
Randolph
14
2
25
1
7
1
1
1
Richmond
212
27
497
167
174
39
0
10
Rockdale
72
4
144
29
222
7
0
4
Schley
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
Screven
20
5
45
5
23
9
4
0
Seminole
1
5
26
0
1
0
0
0
Spalding
64
8
179
38
137
12
0
0
Stephens
37
1
87
4
44
2
0
0
Stewart2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sumter
17
11
93
5
46
11
0
0
Talbot
15
0
25
0
10
0
0
0
Taliaferro
3
0
7
0
5
2
0
0
Tattnall
24
2
49
7
27
3
0
0
Taylor3
30
Telfair3
Terrell
14
0
12
1
12
1
0
0
28
2
9
3
17
1
0
0
18
5
45
1
6
1
5
0
Thomas
42
1
123
5
32
7
0
0
Tift3
23
3
77
1
29
3
4
0
Toombs
43
12
69
2
41
2
2
0
Towns
12
0
42
1
7
2
0
0
Treutlen
4
0
5
0
5
0
2
1
Troup
46
15
173
20
86
16
5
3
Turner
8
0
26
1
16
1
0
0
Twiggs3
11
1
18
0
11
0
0
0
Union
19
7
63
5
18
3
0
0
Upson2
31
4
69
3
13
1
0
0
Walker
37
5
163
9
103
1
0
0
Walton
56
15
170
20
150
16
6
12
Ware2
45
16
122
13
29
0
0
0
Warren
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
Washington
34
6
50
5
29
2
0
0
Wayne
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
Webster2
7
0
4
0
0
0
0
0
Wheeler3
3
0
11
0
1
0
0
0
White
22
7
73
7
43
7
0
0
Whitfield
82
3
252
3
72
9
0
0
Wilcox
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
Wilkes
7
0
71
3
23
2
0
0
Wilkinson
17
0
35
3
16
0
0
0
Worth
17
1
75
2
41
4
0
0
Total
8,130
1,043
19,230
2,244
14,270
1,010
132
1,271
This report contains only the courts who have reported at least one quarter. 1One quarter reported 2Two quarters reported 3Three quarters reported
Probate Court Civil Caseload for Calendar Year 2004 (docket entries)
Misc.
Inventories
Mental Health
Habeas Corpus
Total Dockets
Licenses Marriage Firearm
County
2
91
3
0
194
95
263
Oglethorpe
38
121
51
0
567
751
903
Paulding
3
24
26
0
198
143
205
Pickens
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
Pierce
0
2
16
0
107
110
194
Pike
86
38
56
0
461
336
337
Polk
7
1
0
0
74
71
94
Pulaski
43
68
25
0
290
144
242
Putnam
0
0
0
0
6
13
14
Quitman3
50
44
11
0
232
160
278
Rabun
2
4
0
0
58
59
74
Randolph
236
232
86
0
1,680
1,624
913
Richmond
37
127
9
0
655
670
779
Rockdale
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
Schley
3
4
2
0
120
106
150
Screven
0
4
4
0
41
213
45
Seminole
84
71
14
0
607
632
589
Spalding
23
30
21
0
249
190
262
Stephens
0
0
0
0
0
18
32
Stewart2
38
27
12
0
260
276
247
Sumter
0
0
0
0
50
37
49
Talbot
0
1
5
0
23
9
20
Taliaferro
23
3
31
0
169
155
72
Tattnall
6
7
6
0
59
56
59
Taylor3
7
1
0
0
68
74
56
Telfair3
31
0
3
22
0
106
78
103
Terrell
48
31
286
0
575
525
229
Thomas
12
11
18
0
181
348
221
Tift3
12
30
58
0
271
284
275
Toombs
21
16
3
0
104
72
175
Towns
0
0
0
1
18
52
46
Treutlen
69
78
92
0
603
522
462
Troup
8
18
10
0
88
89
53
Turner
11
2
28
0
82
54
63
Twiggs3
27
26
6
0
174
145
329
Union
12
12
2
0
147
107
121
Upson2
5
20
18
0
361
281
480
Walker
35
65
32
0
577
460
746
Walton
0
0
0
0
225
440
235
Ware2
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
Warren
3
2
16
0
147
162
182
Washington
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
Wayne
0
0
0
0
11
10
14
Webster2
6
1
0
0
22
39
29
Wheeler3
0
6
30
1
196
347
253
White
112
65
9
0
607
684
496
Whitfield
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
Wilcox
20
19
16
0
161
81
121
Wilkes
3
3
8
0
85
64
128
Wilkinson
35
17
21
0
213
174
224
Worth
28,353
12,007
3,975
53
91,718
69,395 56,590
Total
This report contains only the courts who have reported at least one quarter. 1One quarter reported 2Two quarters reported 3Three quarters reported
Probate Court Criminal Caseload for Calendar Year 2004 (docket entries)
MISDEMEANOR
TRAFFIC
Disposed by:
Guilty Cash Non
Bench Trial
Filed Plea Bond Trial Acquitted Convicted
Disposed by:
Guilty Cash Non
Bench Trial
Filed Plea Bond Trial Acquitted Convicted
Total
Filed
Disposed
Atkinson3
N/R N/R N/R N/R
N/R N/R
453
0 771
7
N/R N/R
453 1,231
Bacon
N/R N/R N/R N/R
N/R N/R
N/R N/R N/R N/R N/R N/R
N/R
N/R
Baker1
N/R N/R N/R N/R
N/R N/R
0
0 75
5
N/R N/R
N/R
80
Banks
64 19 10 10
N/R N/R
1,128 513 334 118
3 3
1,192 1,122
Barrow
7
7 N/R N/R
N/R N/R
5,100 2,324 2,283 369
9 109
5,107 5,101
Bartow
271 208 20 24
N/R N/R
8,202 7,164 410 553
0 0
8,473 8,379
Ben Hill
30 22
1
1
N/R N/R
976 620 168 19
0 0
1,006
831
Berrien
N/R N/R N/R N/R
N/R N/R
N/R N/R N/R N/R N/R N/R
N/R
N/R
Bleckley
N/R N/R N/R N/R
N/R N/R
1,468
5 167
4
1 3
1,468
180
Brantley
67 21 17 17
N/R N/R
1,475 534 574 214
0 0
1,542 1,377
Butts1
46 12 24 10
N/R N/R
962 154 655 146
0 0
1,008 1,001
Calhoun
N/R N/R N/R N/R
N/R N/R
N/R N/R N/R N/R N/R N/R
N/R
N/R
Camden
311 59 72 49
N/R N/R
8,284 514 5,875 407
0 0
8,595 6,976
Chattahoochee 5
1
4 N/R
N/R N/R
5,142 335 2,946 59
11 32
5,147 3,388
Clay
23 N/R 18
4
N/R N/R
399 16 348
9
0 0
422
395
Columbia
N/R N/R N/R N/R
N/R N/R
0 4,511 2,043 643
0 203
0 7,400
Cook
N/R N/R N/R N/R
N/R N/R
N/R N/R N/R N/R N/R N/R
N/R
N/R
Crawford
65 46
9
7
2
1
629 291 300 23
2 5
694
686
Crisp
N/R N/R N/R N/R
N/R N/R
N/R N/R N/R N/R N/R N/R
N/R
N/R
Dade
20 14
3
1
N/R N/R
3,334 1,927 543 721
8 12
3,354 3,228
Dawson
110 43 59
2
N/R N/R
3,599 1,886 1,407 152
0 2
3,709 3,551
32
Dodge Dooly
N/R N/R N/R N/R N/R N/R N/R N/R
N/R N/R N/R N/R
N/R N/R N/R N/R N/R N/R N/R N/R
N/R N/R N/R N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
Echols
70 26 19
3
N/R N/R
1,069 516 314 20
0 0
1,139
898
Fannin
81 76
0
3
N/R
1
1,069 854
0 96
2 6
1,150 1,038
Floyd
N/R N/R N/R N/R
N/R N/R
N/R N/R N/R N/R N/R N/R
N/R
N/R
Franklin
93
4 78
4
N/R N/R
2,505 130 1,916 77
0 0
2,598 2,209
Gilmer
N/R N/R N/R N/R
N/R N/R
N/R N/R N/R N/R N/R N/R
N/R
N/R
Glascock
3 N/R
2
1
N/R N/R
170 26 135 12
0 0
173
176
Glynn
N/R N/R N/R N/R
N/R N/R
N/R N/R N/R N/R N/R N/R
N/R
N/R
Gordon
20 N/R N/R N/R
N/R N/R
1,469 1,444 93 89
4 21
1,489 1,651
Grady
61 42 N/A N/A
N/A N/A
0 0
0
0
0 0
61
42
Greene
40
7
1 12
N/R N/R
4,511 550 2,287 184
3 12
4,551 3,056
Hancock
N/R N/R N/R N/R
N/R N/R
N/R N/R N/R N/R N/R N/R
N/R
N/R
Haralson
1 N/A N/A
1
N/A N/A
1,680 268 1,128 187
12 20
1,681 1,616
Harris
126 117 N/R
7
N/R
2
2,269 2,080 35 91
21 42
2,395 2,395
Hart
79 18 55 N/R
N/R N/R
622 296 250 34
0 0
701
653
Heard2
5
4
1 N/R
N/R N/R
289 132 122 13
16 6
294
294
Henry
N/R N/R
4 N/R
N/R N/R
0
0 19
0
0 0
0
23
Irwin2
1
1 N/R N/R
N/R N/R
541 511
0 28
0 0
542
540
Jasper
336 36 287 13
N/R N/R
1,510 207 1,264 78
0 0
1,846 1,885
Johnson3
22
4 29
1
1
1
1,238 75 1,018 12
4 9
1,260 1,154
Jones
108 28 40 27
N/R
1
2,135 464 1,269 296
4 14
2,243 2,143
Lamar
434 104 196 20
7 18
2,357 495 1,740 98
15 25
2,791 2,718
Lanier
31
2
4
4
N/R N/R
1,387 355 967 74
0 0
1,418 1,406
Laurens
N/R N/R N/R N/R
N/R N/R
11,025 0 166 380
0 0
11,025
546
Lee
295 53 15 32
1 36
2,343 1,197 446 127
3 63
2,638 1,973
Lincoln
N/R N/R N/R N/R
N/R N/R
N/R N/R N/R N/R N/R N/R
N/R
N/R
1One quarter reported 2Two quarters reported 3Three quarters reported N/R = Not Reported
Probate Court Criminal Caseload for Calendar Year 2004 (docket entries)
MISDEMEANOR
TRAFFIC
Disposed by:
Guilty Cash Non
Bench Trial
Filed Plea Bond Trial Acquitted Convicted
Disposed by:
Guilty Cash Non
Bench Trial
Filed Plea Bond Trial Acquitted Convicted
Total
Filed
Disposed
Lumpkin
28 15
7 N/R
N/R N/R
2,168 1,196 79 366
1 1
2,196 1,665
Macon2
N/R N/R N/R N/R
N/R N/R
698 740 31
0
0 0
698
771
Madison2
55 10 29 16
N/R N/R
1,350 317 144 889
0 0
1,405 1,405
Marion
N/R N/R N/R N/R
N/R N/R
667 413 46 201
0 0
667
660
McDuffie
N/R N/R N/R N/R
N/R N/R
2,715 995 151 1,584
5 0
2,715 2,735
Meriwether
82 62 26 14
N/R N/R
1,650 843 129 657
0 4
1,732 1,735
Monroe
499 153 193 102
N/R N/R
7,236 1,964 429 5,032
6 30
7,735 7,909
Montgomery N/R N/R N/R N/R
N/R N/R
547 269 40
1
0 0
547
310
Morgan
132 53 24
7
N/R N/R
5,076 1,425 164 2919
30
5,208 4,595
Newton
97 52 13 10
10 15
2,156 1,738 44 264
24 28
2,253 2,198
Oconee3
N/R N/R N/R N/R
N/R N/R
0 628 77 2,260
0 0
0 2,965
Oglethorpe
23 N/R 28
2
N/R
4
1,134 244 256 678
1 6
1,157 1,219
Paulding
18 18 N/R N/R
N/R N/R
9,223 4,700 593 2,594
3 153
9,241 8,061
Peach
N/R N/R N/R N/R
N/R N/R
N/R N/R N/R N/R N/R N/R
N/R
N/R
Pickens
N/R 149 N/R N/R
N/R N/R
2,234 220 192 1,673
0 0
2,234 2,234
Pike
N/R N/R N/R N/R
N/R N/R
1,322 817 120 447
1 8
1,322 1,393
Polk
59 50 N/R
3
N/R N/R
3,974 3,527 161
0
47 50
4,033 3,838
Pulaski
668 594 28 46
N/R N/R
668 614 28 26
0 0
1,336 1,336
Quitman
N/R N/R N/R N/R
N/R N/R
310
0 39
0
0 0
310
39
Rabun
N/R N/R N/R N/R
N/R N/R
272 146 20 49
7 3
272
225
Randolph
2
2 N/R N/R
N/R
2
1,385 1,242 43 1,242
43 1,242
1,387 3,816
Schley Seminole
N/R N/R N/R N/R N/R N/R N/R N/R
N/R N/R N/R N/R
N/R N/R N/R N/R 1,908 102 12 1,794
N/R N/R 4 28
N/R 1,908
N/R 1,940
33
Stewart
N/R N/R N/R N/R
N/R N/R
1,114 0
0
0
0 0
1,114
0
Talbot
N/R N/R N/R N/R
N/R N/R
2,258 389 124 1,739
0 0
2,258 2,252
Taliaferro
66 51
9
4
N/R
2
5,245 3,037 251 1,584
1 17
5,311 4,956
Taylor3
15
9 N/R
2
N/R N/R
1,693 1,603 82 18
0 9
1,708 1,723
Telfair2
23
4 N/R
1
N/R N/R
785 276 111 262
0 0
808
654
Terrell
29
5 17
1
N/R N/R
2,162 996 23 1,245
0 1
2,191 2,288
Thomas
17 15 N/A N/A
N/A N/A
0 0
0
0
0 0
17
15
Towns
95 76
5
2
N/R N/R
557 399 18
3
4 0
652
507
Twiggs3
28 27 N/R N/R
1 N/R
2,105 2,046 30 27
2 0
2,133 2,133
Union
114 72 25
1
N/R N/R
1,261 559 41 171
2 12
1,375
883
Upson
N/R N/R N/R N/R
N/R N/R
2,217 357 130 1,894
0 2
2,217 2,383
Walton
260 141 52 53
3 13
4,136 2,127 610 1,274
17 91
4,396 4,381
Warren
N/R N/R N/R N/R
N/R N/R
N/R N/R N/R N/R N/R N/R
N/R
N/R
Webster2
2
0 N/R N/R
N/R N/R
575 350 56 73
0 1
577
480
Wheeler3
1
1 N/R N/R
N/R N/R
499 388 24 13
0 0
500
426
White
N/R N/R N/R N/R
N/R N/R
1,179 734 24 67
0 2
1,179
827
Whitfield
123 60
4
8
N/R N/R
9,416 7,500 403 327
0 27
9,539 8,329
Wilcox
N/R N/R N/R N/R
N/R N/R
N/R N/R N/R N/R N/R N/R
N/R
N/R
Wilkes
82 39 23
7
N/R N/R
1,048 372 60 599
1 7
1,130 1,108
Wilkinson
35 12 10 12
2 N/R
632 98 180 232
1 6
667
553
Total
5,378 4,107 1,461 544
27 96
162,915 73,765 10,310 66,579 291 2,315
168,293 159,494
1One quarter reported 2Two quarters reported 3Three quarters reported N/R = Not Reported
Magistrate Courts
Magistrate court jurisdiction includes: civil claims of $15,000 or less; certain minor criminal offenses; distress warrants and dis-
possessory writs; county ordinance violations; deposit
account fraud (bad checks); preliminary hearings; and
summonses, arrest and search warrants. A chief magis-
trate, who may be assisted by one or more magistrates,
presides over each of Georgia's 159 magistrate courts.
Most chief magistrates are elected in partisan, coun-
tywide elections to four-year terms. In some counties,
the chief magistrate is appointed by the superior court
judges. Terms for other magistrate judges run concur-
rently with that of the chief magistrate who appointed
34
them.
Magistrate Court Civil Caseload for Calendar Year 2004
County
Filed
Appling3
885
Atkinson3
250
Bacon
510
Baker
N/R
Baldwin
2,629
Banks
209
Barrow
939
Bartow
1,847
Ben Hill
864
Berrien
405
Bibb
4,089
Bleckley
388
Brantley
382
Brooks
682
Bryan
N/R
Bulloch
1,501
Burke
597
Butts
N/R
Calhoun
N/R
Camden
864
Candler3
297
Carroll
2,462
Catoosa
714
Charlton
264
Chatham 5,507
Chattahoochee 46
Chattooga
415
Cherokee 2,089
Clarke
2,248
Clay
50
Clayton
4,086
Clinch
231
Cobb
6,298
Coffee3
1,459
Colquitt
1,791
Columbia 1,291
Cook3
413
Coweta
1,555
Crawford3
205
Crisp
1,194
Dade
149
Dawson
377
Decatur
1,148
DeKalb
7,861
Dodge
649
Dooly
594
Dougherty 4,849
Douglas
1,736
Early
375
Echols
59
Effingham
593
Elbert
515
Emanuel2
492
Evans
91
Claims Disposed by: Non-Trial Trial
825 7
467 N/R 1,765 202 745 517 607 215 6,155 370 241 643 N/R 1,301
19 N/R N/R 731
56 1,676
214 283 5,760
24 229
98 621
39 2,039
172 3,629 1,021
119 369 395 1,463 227 500 110
45 1,011 3,573
166 114 2,284 1,315 311 N/R 252 339 401 N/R
60 5
43 N/R 359
11 194 119
68 77 436 16 141 39 N/R 200 33 N/R N/R 133 44 786 51 24 530
6 44 625 422
9 255
54 75 87 160 414 18 208 24 191 27 78 137 1,426 35 15 772 176 64 N/R 98 32 60 N/R
Dispossessories and Distress Warrants
Disposed by: Filed Non-Trial Trial
92 35 49 N/R 655 82 1,163 2,033 424 140 2,852 58 132 125 N/R 1,512 238 N/R N/R 794 85 1,694 1,145 70 8,150 40 313 2,665 1,916 17 17,845 47 5,116 219 604 970 118 1,720 77 548 44 183 371 1,576 81 65 5,690 4,008 121 13 370 160 98 N/R
75 3
37 N/R 398 108 1,051 1,619 259 104 3,382
54 44 114 N/R 1,279 23 N/R N/R 640 49 1,140 822 69 2,923 22 280 430 26 11 12,466 31 4,599 192
4 358 115 1,766
42 336
21 87 370 N/R 12 14 2,810 3,812 115 N/R 226 58 50 N/R
17 N/R
12 N/R 184
8 112 273 42 16 432
4 78 11 N/R 233 35 N/R N/R 134
5 554 164
15 819
14 12 562 503
2 139
16 18 20 70 295
3 229
11 28 13 75
1 N/R
16 3
1,535 125 6 N/R 50 11 44 N/R
Garnishments Disposed by:
Filed Non-Trial Trial
Foreclosures and Attachments Disposed by:
Filed Non-Trial Trial
Total Civil Filings
109
109 N/R
25
20
5
1,111
51
7 N/R
10 N/R
1
346
187
187 N/R
15
13
2
761
N/R
N/R N/R
N/R N/R N/R
N/R
1,540
N/R
6
69
39 12
4,893
64
64 N/R
16
12 N/R
371
202
200
2
339
339 N/R
2,643
415
93
5
101
70
8
4,396
447
362
2
27
16
6
1,762
188
68 N/R
12
9
1
745
2,833 2,462
36
197
345 23
9,971
84
84 N/R
14
13
1
544
71
43
28
64
19 45
649
46
45
1
N/R
N/R N/R
853
N/R
N/R N/R
N/R N/R N/R
N/R
435
334
1
75
47
6
3,523
194
75 N/R
44 N/R N/R
1,073
N/R
N/R N/R
N/R N/R N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R N/R
N/R N/R N/R
N/R
269
267
2
37
34
3
1,964
112
21 N/R
10
4 N/R
504
425
418
7
81
62 19
4,662
136
136 N/R
36
36 N/R
2,031
86
81 N/R
81
13 N/R
501
1,619 1,836
4
71
39
9
15,347
35
4
1 N/R
82
80
2
172
109
88
1
32
20
1
869
267
43
3
62
2
9
5,083
805
1
36
136
N/R 26
5,105
10
9 N/R
2 N/R
2
79
415
268 N/R
324
89 N/R
22,670
88
88 N/R
10
4
6
376
1,071
12
1 5,040 5,017 N/R
17,525
635
388
3
36
33
6
2,349
738
N/R
12
98 N/R 81
3,231
319
157
3
29
28
1
2,609
69
69 N/R
13
12
2
613
369
183
5
72
53
6
3,716
41
22
1
14
3
6
337
550
103
15
89
30
4
2,381
20
13 N/R
5
3 N/R
218
31
N/R N/R
4 N/R N/R
595
587
587 N/R
28
28 N/R
2,134
N/R
N/R N/R 7,062 N/R N/R
16,499
244
147
19
19 N/R N/R
993
296
41 N/R
12
4 N/R
967
2,026 1,635
32
459
337 54
13,024
224
197
2
212
230
3
6,180
63
63 N/R
37
33
4
596
1
N/R N/R
N/R N/R N/R
73
66
N/R N/R
78
41 13
1,107
140
33 N/R
36
7 N/R
851
164
154 N/R
N/R N/R N/R
754
80
N/R N/R
N/R N/R N/R
171
1One quarter reported 2Two quarters reported 3Three quarters reported N/R = Not Reported
Magistrate Court Civil Caseload for Calendar Year 2004
County
Filed
Claims Disposed by: Non-Trial Trial
Dispossessories and Distress Warrants
Disposed by: Filed Non-Trial Trial
Fannin2
224
138
33
39
27
12
Fayette
780
689
117 1,113
962
88
Floyd
1,585 1,511
103 2,067 2,068
41
Forsyth
1,042
98
944
753
82
671
Franklin
530
269
9
167
117
26
Fulton
9,729
N/R 5,253 45,242
N/R 14,855
Gilmer
646
430
80
213
149
37
Glascock
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
Glynn
662
199
463
418
281
137
Gordon1
239
81
13
196
130
23
Grady
1,390
513
86
264
5
23
Greene
495
398
91
130
86
44
Gwinnett 9,443 4,035 5,696 19,410 13,749 4,194
Habersham 650
106
41
175
20
21
Hall3
2,570 2,178 1,123 2,499 2,406
629
Hancock3
495
416
79
49
30
19
Haralson
431
217
116
423
201
132
Harris
345
154
111
100
64
33
Hart
746
654
63
209
195
14
Heard3
129
96
42
41
34
17
Henry
2,268 1,678
228 3,295 1,060
134
Houston 2,081 1,714
571 2,079 1,802
338
Irwin
234
211
23
103
103
N/R
Jackson
36 Jasper3
907 1,142
213
634
579
14
480
N/R
N/R
98
N/R
N/R
Jeff Davis
636
587
94
144
124
19
Jefferson
879
646
38
136
99
N/R
Jenkins
214
201
13
25
17
3
Johnson
290
208
30
63
27
3
Jones
699
332
118
229
129
59
Lamar
446
51
14
207
7
3
Lanier3
192
N/R
3
56
1
N/R
Laurens
1,836 1,592
265
745
597
148
Lee
822
707
55
351
275
3
Liberty3
973
672
225
885
321
70
Lincoln
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
Long
261
N/R
N/R
205
1
N/R
Lowndes 3,015 1,962
159 2,432 1,182
84
Lumpkin
474
418
119
250
247
69
Macon3
606
946
33
236
260
10
Madison
524
350
134
241
165
72
Marion2
152
61
3
27
19
3
McDuffie
579
250
57
397
110
76
McIntosh
308
130
72
133
71
52
Meriwether N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
Miller
161
54
20
45
N/R
3
Mitchell
1,261
281
74
378
17
12
Monroe
578
290
113
175
158
17
Montgomery 688
5
N/R
141
N/R
N/R
Morgan
473
289
67
144
91
48
Murray
N/R
N/R
N/R
395
395
N/R
Muscogee3 1,854
281
141
128
41
17
Newton
1,746 1,866
118 2,233 1,930
225
Oconee
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
Garnishments Disposed by:
Filed Non-Trial Trial
22
21
1
203
201 N/R
590
400
14
277
192 277
137
36
1
N/R
N/R N/R
161
100 N/R
N/R
N/R N/R
N/R
N/R N/R
91
19
1
266
201
2
209
195
14
3,274 2,141
31
219
22 N/R
735
182
16
134
87
47
63
50 N/R
127
37 N/R
157
157 N/R
12
9 N/R
264
52 N/R
856
791
9
83
83 N/R
136
134
1
170
N/R N/R
228
220
2
219
161 N/R
74
74 N/R
97
55 N/R
119
92
1
122
13 N/R
35
N/R N/R
730
703
27
234
133 N/R
241
30
2
N/R
N/R N/R
16
N/R N/R
1,257 1,258
25
80
50
1
238
418 N/R
58
50
2
43
14 N/R
232
66 N/R
87
30
1
N/R
N/R N/R
34
N/R
1
559
12
2
192
192 N/R
145
N/R N/R
249
96
2
114
114 N/R
509
56 N/R
509
335
8
N/R
N/R N/R
Foreclosures and Attachments Disposed by:
Filed Non-Trial Trial
14
12
2
169
90 N/R
69
48
3
N/R N/R N/R
8
6
1
N/R N/R N/R
2
2 N/R
N/R N/R N/R
N/R N/R N/R
14
5 N/R
124 100
5
14
9
5
3,002 2,817 114
14
1
1
172 135 18
7
7 N/R
9
9
9
8
6
2
19
16
3
5
4
1
307 N/R N/R
282 299 20
8
8 N/R
524 325 174
20 N/R N/R
16
14
2
74
55 N/R
6
6 N/R
15
5 N/R
6
6 N/R
9
1 N/R
9 N/R N/R
76
50 26
25
18 N/R
192
77 44
N/R N/R N/R
11 N/R N/R
320 320 N/R
3
3 N/R
27
48 N/R
11
10
1
6
3
1
N/R N/R N/R
27
7
6
N/R N/R N/R
11 N/R
2
39
3
5
42
42 N/R
22 N/R N/R
32
20
5
19
19 N/R
152
4
1
78
60
3
N/R N/R N/R
Total Civil Filings
299 2,265 4,311 2,072
842 54,971
1,022 N/R
1,080 540
2,044 848
35,129 1,058 5,976 685 926 580 1,131 187 6,134 5,298 428 2,201 768 1,024 1,308 319 465 1,053 784 292 3,387 1,432 2,291 N/R 493 7,024 807 1,107 834 228 1,208 555 N/R 251 2,237 987 996 898 528 2,643 4,566 N/R
1One quarter reported 2Two quarters reported 3Three quarters reported N/R = Not Reported
Magistrate Court Civil Caseload for Calendar Year 2004
County
Filed
Claims Disposed by: Non-Trial Trial
Dispossessories and Distress Warrants
Disposed by: Filed Non-Trial Trial
Garnishments Disposed by:
Filed Non-Trial Trial
Foreclosures and Attachments Disposed by:
Filed Non-Trial Trial
Total Civil Filings
Oglethorpe 309
Paulding 1,079
Peach3
551
Pickens
514
Pierce3
374
Pike3
229
Polk
N/R
Pulaski
248
Putnam
1,169
Quitman
49
Rabun
379
Randolph
297
Richmond 6,823
Rockdale 1,660
Schley
339
Screven
413
Seminole3
231
Spalding 1,494
Stephens1
180
Stewart
N/R
Sumter
2,770
Talbot
207
Taliaferro3
45
Tattnall
1,045
Taylor
253
Telfair3
566
Terrell
416
Thomas
2,807
Tift
1,487
Toombs
803
Towns
117
Treutlen1
65
Troup
2,494
Turner2
367
Twiggs3
297
Union
253
Upson
1,002
Walker
923
Walton
1,235
Ware
990
Warren
175
Washington 1,269
Wayne
926
Webster
N/R
Wheeler
159
White
394
Whitfield 2,765
Wilcox
234
Wilkes
417
Wilkinson
418
Worth
485
Total
168,634
231 337 293 114
48 75 N/R 178 22 49 210 225 5,442 1,164 212 195 48 1,939 N/R N/R 3,231 195 44 N/R 223 44
1 2,411 1,311
643 83
N/R 1,695
314 84 21
625 N/A 1,054 926 132 798 292 N/R
37 342 N/R 184 208 385 716 99,552
26
80
54 1,376
165
268
27
269
N/R
79
20
89
N/R
N/R
6
60
81
148
N/R
9
50
57
15
64
1,173 5,571
284 2,774
97
17
25
126
183
48
552 3,333
N/R
47
N/R
N/R
80
727
12
22
1
8
60
41
30
62
20
53
1
124
187
721
176
929
88
522
6
39
N/R
6
286 2,438
53
120
15
57
9
96
86
382
N/A 1,041
181 1,684
64
656
5
54
58
151
112
331
N/R
N/R
7
7
40
288
N/R 1,572
13
26
46
48
33
38
43
151
30,814 183,450
57 1,015
112 95 22 25 N/R 38 14
9 6 64 2,876 1,848 13 45 13 3,384 N/R N/R 635 20 8 N/R 59 3 N/R N/R 816 367 23 N/R 1,972 120 25 6 309 N/A 1,519 591 14 63 104 N/R 1 263 N/R 16 40 31 N/R 89,521
12 51 97 11
2 8 N/R 4 24 N/R 49 N/R 561 711 3 20 35 420 N/R N/R 25 2 N/R 36 3 2 N/R 120 113 123 13 N/R 171 N/R 8 3 20 N/R 156 65 N/R 9 68 N/R N/R 28 N/R N/R 1 7 N/R 32,428
28
18 N/R
83
80
1
500
89
28 N/R
35
19
1
2,579
150
64
4
33
16 13
1,002
109
6 N/R
7
4 N/R
899
51
8 N/R
16
5 N/R
520
40
34 N/R
10
4 N/R
368
N/R
N/R N/R
N/R N/R N/R
N/R
81
41 N/R
6
4
1
395
468
6
4
28
2 N/R
1,813
4
4 N/R
N/R
N/R N/R
62
116
36 N/R
10
2
7
562
80
80 N/R
5
5 N/R
446
1,772 1,230
4
354
N/R N/R
14,520
353
376
19
52
14 17
4,839
49
38 N/R
7
3 N/R
412
125
32 N/R
23
14
2
687
31
31 N/R
2
2 N/R
312
431
427
10
204
74 16
5,462
35
N/R N/R
8 N/R N/R
270
N/R
N/R N/R
N/R N/R N/R
N/R
851
451 N/R
147
111
7
4,495
12
12 N/R
4
4 N/R
245
4
4 N/R
1
1 N/R
58
63
N/R N/R
77
77 N/R
62 N/R 27
10
8
2
1,211
402 37
188
19 N/R
11
2 N/R
818
116
N/R N/R
15 N/R N/R
671
892
N/R N/R
N/R N/R N/R
4,420
930
923
7
122
26 96
3,468
445
105
2
59
45
2
1,829
18
2
1
1 N/R N/R
175
11
N/R N/R
3 N/R N/R
85
937
487
8
212
158 21
6,081
82
82 N/R
19
17
2
588
36
14
1
11
7 N/R
401
96
15 N/R
3 N/R N/R
448
373
56 N/R
26
13
1
1,783
229
N/R N/R
N/A N/A N/A
2,193
303
301
2
103
99
4
3,325
399
398
1
87
84
3
2,132
57
N/R N/R
4 N/R N/R
290
460
92 N/R
24
19
1
1,904
315
35 N/R
24
3
7
1,596
N/R
N/R N/R
N/R N/R N/R
N/R
63
2 N/R
9 N/R N/R
238
65
63
1
29
37 N/R
776
1,989
N/R N/R
31 N/R N/R
6,357
55
26 N/R
4
1
1
319
109
50
1
6
4
1
580
101
101 N/R
3
2
1
560
100
N/R N/R
15 N/R N/R
751
46,940 26,250 780 23,262 12,743 1,055 422,286
1One quarter reported 2Two quarters reported 3Three quarters reported N/R = Not Reported
Magistrate Court Criminal Caseload for Calendar Year 2004
Warrants Issued
County
Felony Arrest
Appling3
274
Atkinson3
275
Bacon
271
Baker
N/R
Baldwin
1,046
Banks
281
Barrow
1,785
Bartow
2,249
Ben Hill
616
Berrien
377
Bibb
3,589
Bleckley
422
Brantley
576
Brooks
321
Bryan
N/R
Bulloch
1,576
Burke
504
Butts
N/R
Calhoun
N/R
Camden
886
Candler3
160
Carroll
1,852
Catoosa
38 Charlton
1,522 507
Chatham
647
Chattahoochee
29
Chattooga
713
Cherokee
2,925
Clarke
1,954
Clay
115
Clayton
4,460
Clinch
263
Cobb
10,921
Coffee3
582
Colquitt
885
Columbia
1,264
Cook3
401
Coweta
2,034
Crawford
123
Crisp
886
Dade
330
Dawson
559
Decatur
459
DeKalb
9,899
Dodge
73
Dooly
265
Dougherty
2,240
Douglas
2,706
Early
449
Echols
54
Effingham
576
Elbert3
800
Emanuel2
287
Evans1
41
Misdemeanor Arrest
183 153 330 N/R 1,253 494 2,606 5,512 385 384 3,134 164 358 329 N/R 2,478 995 N/R N/R 1,275 211 1,668 2,699 261 1,447
64 995 2,534 3,880
51 12,098
106 17,440
406 779 1,199 697 838
60 539 613 625 646 13,595 567 123 4,219 3,727 501
19 990 875 112
20
Good Behavior
15 0 6
N/R 0 0 0 0 1 5 7 0
10 0
N/R 33 0
N/R N/R
0 8 7 22 1 1,077 0 29 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 12 17 5 5 0 13 0 0 0 20 0 0 0 19 0 0 2
1One quarter reported 2Two quarters reported 3Three quarters reported
Search Warrant
12 13 27 N/R 31 19 94 212
8 11 186 12 26 18 N/R 52 21 N/R N/R 63 3 144 26 31 N/R 6 28 418 184 2 234 15 636 15 36 128 12 87 8 77 9 26 34 676 2 7 231 85 24 5 26 110 9 N/R
Warrant Application
210 32 53
N/R N/R
9 97 290 60 28 573 35 N/R 441 N/R 143 151 N/R N/R 11 252 611 4,526 135 927 41 350 380 535
1 1,359
184 2,201
22 N/R 218
72 188
41 6
50 273 N/R 4,273
84 25 376 125 N/R
1 162
41 391 N/R
Hearings
First Appearance
Commitment
274 167 538 N/R N/R 120 2,388 5,100 752 N/R 4,303 288 483 446 N/R 350 408 N/R N/R 1,335 305 3,203 2,827 753 N/R
55 508 5,258 7,402 119 8,317 369 12,578 916 862 N/R 888 2,074 164 995 733 538 238 6,738
19 318 6,846 4,080 538
41 244 469 343 N/R
1 2 0 N/R 50 4 118 404 1 0 1,418 27 6 8 N/R 0 0 N/R N/R 10 0 429 145 0 296 49 529 185 424 0 1,126 0 5,546 0 24 0 0 338 1 1 733 357 0 30,903 0 4 342 771 0 0 0 0 7 0
Good Behavior
0 0 6 N/R 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 10 0 N/R 33 0 N/R N/R 0 6 166 3 1 1,109 0 29 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 6 21 5 9 0 13 0 0 0 15 0 0 0 91 0 0 2
Magistrate Court Criminal Caseload for Calendar Year 2004
Filed
534 227
0 N/R 1,486
0 538 665 338
0 2,317
406 293
0 N/R
0 27 N/R N/R 973
0 827 808 137 884
0 568 894 865
0 0 94 1,046 634 0 507 0 895 45 801 228 55 136 552 556 167 1,978 0 0 1 990 0 160 0
Ordinance Violations
Disposed by:
Non-Trial
Trial
176
358
3
3
0
0
N/R
N/R
7
62
0
0
484
54
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
0
0
1,924
0
186
220
109
184
0
0
N/R
N/R
0
0
6
4
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
813
160
0
0
744
83
641
44
122
0
1,112
53
0
0
314
184
200
0
597
14
0
0
0
0
94
0
0
0
622
12
0
0
209
57
0
0
481
39
29
0
483
10
135
61
0
0
136
0
0
367
245
449
0
0
1,907
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
130
4
0
0
Filed
0 0 0 N/R N/R 13 374 669 21 0 0 2 182 12 N/R 185 409 N/R N/R 138 0 351 818 21 0 17 0 380 0 0 788 0 3,313 24 0 1,042 1 392 0 15 9 0 211 454 0 0 2 243 0 1 319 33 49 2
1One quarter reported 2Two quarters reported 3Three quarters reported
Misdemeanors
Disposed by:
Non-Trial
Trial
0
0
0
0
0
0
N/R
N/R
446
0
18
0
27
347
58
416
N/R
N/R
0
0
0
0
0
2
83
99
12
12
N/R
N/R
0
185
84
251
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
16
122
0
0
237
114
568
36
30
0
0
0
14
3
0
0
182
198
0
0
0
0
687
86
0
0
1,858
432
18
6
0
0
347
705
0
1
112
34
0
0
9
0
6
3
0
0
180
31
0
87
0
0
0
0
48
28
228
8
0
0
0
0
160
114
8
20
33
14
1
1
Total Criminal
Warrants and Filings
Hearings and Dispositions
1,018 668 634 N/R
3,816 807
5,397 9,307 1,369
777 9,233 1,006 1,445
672 N/R 4,324 1,956 N/R N/R 3,335 382 4,849 5,895 958 4,055 116 2,333 7,151 6,903 168 17,580 478 33,356 1,661 1,702 4,140 1,117 4,258 253 2,323 1,194 1,265 1,499 25,176 1,198 562 8,690 6,761 974
80 2,920 1,818
617 65
1,019 207 597 N/R 119 151
3,515 6,268
813 28
8,225 758 974 919 N/R 711 904 N/R N/R
2,467 563
5,587 8,790 1,041 2,092
162 1,914 6,403 8,985
120 11,575
647 22,615
1,596 888
1,536 967
3,272 256
1,509 1,730 1,168
598 42,368
797 347 9,562 5,212 538
42 771 538 922
4
County
Appling3
Atkinson3
Bacon
Baker
Baldwin
Banks
Barrow
Bartow
Ben Hill
Berrien
Bibb
Bleckley
Brantley
Brooks
Bryan
Bulloch
Burke
Butts
Calhoun
Camden
Candler3
Carroll
Catoosa
Charlton
39
Chatham
Chattahoochee
Chattooga
Cherokee
Clarke
Clay
Clayton
Clinch
Cobb
Coffee3
Colquitt
Columbia
Cook3
Coweta
Crawford
Crisp
Dade
Dawson
Decatur
DeKalb
Dodge
Dooly
Dougherty
Douglas
Early
Echols
Effingham
Elbert3
Emanuel2
Evans1
Magistrate Court Criminal Caseload for Calendar Year 2004
Warrants Issued
County
Felony Arrest
Misdemeanor Arrest
Good Behavior
Fannin
236
174
0
Fayette
1,182
1,197
0
Floyd
942
2,372
6
Forsyth
1,014
850
4
Franklin
516
342
0
Fulton
21,570
0
0
Gilmer
638
507
0
Glascock
N/R
N/R
N/R
Glynn1
398
664
61
Gordon1
496
416
0
Grady
558
699
0
Greene
317
341
12
Gwinnett
8,274
8,935
0
Habersham
1,116
691
1
Hall
2,410
2,561
64
Hancock3
46
59
9
Haralson
726
559
14
Harris
288
513
17
Hart
460
212
0
Heard3
164
102
0
Henry
1,726
1,965
0
Houston
2,272
3,515
0
Irwin
247
132
0
40 Jackson
1,821
1,224
0
Jasper3
88
89
0
Jeff Davis
313
164
20
Jefferson
525
446
0
Jenkins3
118
158
0
Johnson
197
193
53
Jones
424
683
13
Lamar
386
252
0
Lanier3
252
91
0
Laurens
1,242
1,665
1
Lee
703
551
57
Liberty3
1,060
1,244
8
Lincoln
N/R
N/R
N/R
Long
225
115
1
Lowndes
2,968
4,372
0
Lumpkin
457
493
0
Macon3
158
255
1
Madison
417
712
1
Marion3
51
42
0
McDuffie
409
387
0
McIntosh
251
167
0
Meriwether
N/R
N/R
N/R
Miller
140
139
0
Mitchell3
326
731
0
Monroe
348
449
41
Montgomery
388
114
5
Morgan
378
253
35
Murray2
5
876
1
Muscogee
N/R
N/R
N/R
Newton
1,494
2,717
0
Oconee
N/R
N/R
N/R
1One quarter reported 2Two quarters reported 3Three quarters reported
Search Warrant
5 75 232 123 33 697 51 N/R 27 54 43 24 603 N/R 195 N/R 75 16 51
9 151 171
5 81
6 9 26 5 4 9 41 8 66 37 25 N/R 6 132 23 3 34 2 7 17 N/R 6 70 80 31 7 66 N/R 28 N/R
Warrant Application
53 217 1,086 813
78 9,616
53 N/R N/R
36 62 95 2,081 201 752 N/R 128 222 43 43 988 470 18 69 28 173 77 14 60 136 35 20 491 157 311 N/R 18 20 84 14 172 11 66 65 N/R
7 45 255 110 101 N/R N/R 406 N/R
Hearings
First Appearance
Commitment
98 1,879 3,899 2,756
438 29,641
638 N/R 600 212 664 170 4,786 1,028 10,278
9 299 385 536
81 3,440 5,703
260 1,768
N/R 367 437
4 54 138 658 83 2,907 448 1,308 N/R 59 5,355 769 194 981 89 17 341 N/R 100 319 340 36 416 N/R N/R 1,254 N/R
0 186 180 220
0 0 1 N/R 275 0 6 296 10,733 37 1,937 5 68 309 67 0 1,786 475 0 590 2 10 0 0 3 10 0 2 8 71 0 N/R 0 101 118 0 293 0 0 0 N/R 0 0 67 0 665 0 N/R 229 N/R
Good Behavior
0 0 46 4 0 0 0 N/R 45 0 0 3 0 1 64 9 9 17 0 0 125 0 0 0 0 20 0 0 0 13 0 0 1 41 6 N/R 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 N/R 0 0 5 5 34 0 N/R 0 N/R
Magistrate Court Criminal Caseload for Calendar Year 2004
Filed
Ordinance Violations
Disposed by:
Non-Trial
Trial
Filed
179 288 2,035 311 378 10,707 484 N/R 200 182 190
0 791 771 585
15 362
0 172
73 528 349
13 0
103 445 398
0 64
0 121 148 748 955
0 N/R 122 1,557
77 0
52 0
106 0
N/R 0
583 0
256 204 119 N/R 1,581 N/R
82 236 1,901
0 0 0 246 N/R 38 58 80 0 395 0 189 0 121 0 61 41 492 900 8 0 0 0 0 0 40 0 27 2 496 623 0 N/R 0 25 0 0 19 0 0 0 N/R 0 327 0 0 106 71 N/R 885 N/R
0 0 167 311 0 3,679 0 N/R 29 26 91 0 66 51 21 15 43 0 89 2 6 29 5 0 0 376 398 0 5 0 2 2 252 16 0 N/R 0 11 0 0 27 0 0 0 N/R 0 0 0 0 6 0 N/R 64 N/R
8 0 1,484 311 52 48,846 49 N/R 129 93 127 26 0 17 722 0 53 6 48 13 625 376 24 124 144 0 124 20 20 0 0 22 546 496 19 N/R 46 98 12 1 216 0 38 0 N/R 0 67 93 92 133 322 N/R 386 N/R
1One quarter reported 2Two quarters reported 3Three quarters reported
Misdemeanors
Disposed by:
Non-Trial
Trial
8
0
0
0
855
328
0
311
28
1
0
34,457
39
1
N/R
N/R
19
108
84
9
54
36
0
2
0
0
0
0
448
240
0
0
12
41
2
3
29
19
14
2
532
63
158
91
13
11
112
22
N/R
N/R
0
0
0
124
5
15
8
2
0
0
1
0
1
1
334
223
271
73
2
14
N/R
N/R
1
0
0
98
0
0
3
1
102
97
0
0
20
2
0
0
N/R
N/R
0
0
15
0
77
18
0
0
86
26
183
0
N/R
N/R
313
66
N/R
N/R
Total Criminal
Warrants and Filings
Hearings and Dispositions
County
602 2,742 7,071 2,613 1,321 81,820 1,729
N/R 1,479 1,241 1,617
720 18,603
2,596 6,537
129 1,789
840 943 361 4,995 6,683 421 3,250 430 951 1,519 301 531 1,129 800 521 4,268 2,799 2,356 N/R 509 9,127 1,062 418 1,432
95 947 435 N/R 285 1,777 1,011 886 1,010 1,389 N/R 6,206 N/R
241 2,518 8,462 4,415
545 77,393
978 N/R 1,114 425 902 566 18,061 1,318 13,929
38 721 938 844 183 7,432 7,826 315 793
30 946 1,036
38 172 297 723 111 4,712 1,700 1,641 N/R
79 5,610
971 212 1,692 100 105 406 N/R 107 706 762 151 1,440 254 N/R 3,217 N/R
Fannin
Fayette
Floyd
Forsyth
Franklin
Fulton
Gilmer
Glascock
Glynn1
Gordon1
Grady
Greene
Gwinnett
Habersham
Hall
Hancock3
Haralson
Harris
Hart
Heard3
Henry
Houston
Irwin
Jackson
41
Jasper3
Jeff Davis
Jefferson
Jenkins3
Johnson
Jones
Lamar
Lanier3
Laurens
Lee
Liberty3
Lincoln
Long
Lowndes
Lumpkin
Macon3
Madison
Marion3
McDuffie
McIntosh
Meriwether
Miller
Mitchell3
Monroe
Montgomery
Morgan
Murray2
Muscogee
Newton
Oconee
Magistrate Court Criminal Caseload for Calendar Year 2004
County
Felony Arrest
Oglethorpe
304
Paulding
1,413
Peach3
416
Pickens
538
Pierce
156
Pike3
335
Polk
N/R
Pulaski
227
Putnam
316
Quitman
43
Rabun3
1
Randolph
152
Richmond
4,488
Rockdale
1,871
Schley
34
Screven
403
Seminole3
0
Spalding
2,718
Stephens1
138
Stewart
N/R
Sumter
766
Talbot
8
Taliaferro
43
Tattnall
515
42 Taylor
89
Telfair
321
Terrell
244
Thomas
1,183
Tift
1,186
Toombs3
860
Towns
191
Treutlen1
0
Troup
1,905
Turner
247
Twiggs
112
Union
287
Upson
742
Walker
841
Walton
1,097
Ware
1,662
Warren
3
Washington
700
Wayne
850
Webster
N/R
Wheeler3
108
White
556
Whitfield
N/R
Wilcox3
201
Wilkes
153
Wilkinson
228
Worth
430
Total
155,850
Warrants Issued
Misdemeanor Arrest
Good Behavior
235 1,998
374 655 144 190 N/R
67 693
23 3
143 9,771 2,318
125 250
0 4,179
537 N/R 1,310
23 21 630 228 105 202 1,817 975 2,108 241
0 1,774
269 170 387 457 876 1,336 1,322 123 770 523 N/R
79 509 N/R
71 117 206 589 178,968
11 0 12 0 4 29 N/R 0 0 11 35 0 0 23 0 3 0 30 0 N/R 0 1 0 0 84 2 0 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 20 0 0 5 37 79 0 0 0 N/R 0 19 N/R 0 0 0 0 2,188
Search Warrant
18 24 24 54
4 30 N/R
7 12
2 6 11 36 100 1 13 N/R 127 36 N/R 22 1 1 23 9 N/R 7 127 57 52 14 N/R 80 12 13 18 43 64 56 60 1 21 24 N/R N/R 46 N/R 4 11 9 84 8,972
Warrant Application
81 173
65 63 131 43 N/R 18 73
6 185 N/R 1,080 600
35 66 N/R 154 64 N/R
3 33
7 70 51 74 N/R 235 300 444 15
5 156
12 207
20 62 N/R 135 629 37 150 346 N/R
4 198 N/R
30 N/R
66 N/R 46,109
Hearings
First Appearance
Commitment
309 370 313 485
6 264 N/R 195 193
8 183 295 1,884 1,985 159
90 137 4,310
15 N/R 1,971
12 62 628 37 279 358 1,775 1,212 1,532 122
4 1,992
113 175 370 742 N/R 850 2,103 N/R 495 203 N/R N/R 751 N/R 201 153
64 N/R 199,337
49 5
99 0 0
98 N/R
0 3 0 4 0 0 1,069 159 3 0 2,169 4 N/R 0 0 0 0 17 3 1 0 0 43 7 0 737 0 31 44 296 0 76 243 0 15 21 N/R 0 105 N/R 0 0 0 0 68,310
1One quarter reported 2Two quarters reported 3Three quarters reported
Good Behavior
4 0 18 0 4 29 N/R 0 0 6 35 0 0 112 0 3 0 57 0 N/R 0 1 0 0 31 2 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 20 0 0 0 7 79 0 0 2 N/R 0 34 N/R 0 0 0 0 2,453
Magistrate Court Criminal Caseload for Calendar Year 2004
Filed
12 618 289 664 525
69 N/R 137 171 375 136 100 218 823
1 258
0 1,054
0 N/R
0 0 0 102 0 226 143 1,986 0 669 3 0 186 0 105 155 575 0 550 1,351 0 179 676 N/R 0 324 N/R 120 0 70 0 60,754
Ordinance Violations
Disposed by:
Non-Trial
Trial
58 133 143
33 0
52 N/R
0 0 375 0 43 178 664 1 0 0 415 0 N/R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 768 0 786 14 0 26 0 44 1 445 0 38 1,544 0 123 208 N/R 0 203 N/R 3 0 49 0 25,725
3 0 69 0 0 1 N/R 0 88 0 60 0 0 42 0 0 0 565 0 N/R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 112 0 32 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 2 6 0 36 0 N/R 0 0 N/R 0 0 21 0 9,254
Misdemeanors
Total Criminal
Filed
Disposed by:
Non-Trial
Trial
Warrants and Filings
Hearings and Dispositions
County
129 482
7 7 118 47 N/R 0 29 0 23 0 4,890 410 13 15 16 431 2 N/R 34 0 4 7 0 0 2 35 0 0 0 0 114 0 58 140 189 0 165 156 0 0 51 N/R 0 7 N/R 0 5 0 4 74,108
34 232
0 4 2 26 N/R 0 0 0 1 0 4,377 346 11 3 16 8 2 N/R 40 0 3 3 0 0 0 22 0 0 0 0 25 0 25 39 108 0 82 30 0 0 11 N/R 0 2 N/R 0 5 0 0 14,756
39 5 5 0 0 0
N/R 0
29 0
10 0
352 45 2 3 0 411 0
N/R 4 0 0 4 0 0 0
10 0 0 0 0
92 0
33 0 1 0
12 6 0 0
38 N/R
0 1 N/R 0 0 0 4 40,966
709 4,535 1,122 1,918
951 700 N/R 438 1,221 454 204 406 19,403 5,522 174 942
16 8,539
713 N/R 2,132
33 69 1,277 410 654 598 5,148 2,218 3,705 449
0 4,059
528 478 987 2,006 1,786 3,241 4,630 127 1,670 2,124 N/R 187 1,461 N/R 396 286 513 1,107 480,803
577 918 712 585 143 513 N/R 213 386 395 478 338 7,871 4,863 367 168 153 8,089
85 N/R 2,014
46 72 705 136 358 359 2,922 1,512 2,840 158 12 3,028 125 539 476 1,654 721 1,202 4,640 37 819 829 N/R
4 1,294
N/R 234 158 200
4 403,917
Oglethorpe
Paulding
Peach3
Pickens
Pierce
Pike3
Polk
Pulaski
Putnam
Quitman
Rabun3
Randolph
Richmond
Rockdale
Schley
Screven
Seminole3
Spalding
Stephens1
Stewart
Sumter
Talbot
Taliaferro
Tattnall
Taylor
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Telfair
Terrell
Thomas
Tift
Toombs3
Towns
Treutlen1
Troup
Turner
Twiggs
Union
Upson
Walker
Walton
Ware
Warren
Washington
Wayne
Webster
Wheeler3
White
Whitfield
Wilcox3
Wilkes
Wilkinson
Worth
Total
1One quarter reported 2Two quarters reported 3Three quarters reported
Municipal Courts
Approximately 400 local courts are also part of the Georgia court system. Courts of incorporated municipalities try municipal ordinance violations, issue criminal warrants, conduct preliminary hearings, and may have concurrent jurisdiction over shoplifting cases and cases involving possession of one ounce or less of marijuana.
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City Alma Americus Aragon Arcade Ball Ground1 Byron1 Chamblee Commerce Cordele Covington Dahlonega Flovilla Forsyth1 Fort Oglethorpe Greensboro Griffin Hazlehurst1 Hiram Kingston Lawrenceville Lilburn Ludowici Luthersville Lyons Monroe Mount Vernon Nelson Newnan Norcross Oxford Patterson Pavo Perry1 Porterdale Senoia Shellman Stockbridge1 Summerville Thomasville Tyrone 1 Uvalda Valdosta Total
Municipal Court Caseload for Calendar Year 2004*
Filings
Hearings
Traffic Prelim. Ord. Drugs DUI Other
Total
Traffic Prelim. Ord. Drugs DUI Other Total
1,057 0 505 28 56
0 1,646
1,057
0
505 28 56 0 1,646
400 0
50 25 25
0 500
320
0
25 25 25 0
395
1,150 0 150 15 35
0 1,350
325
0
25 15 35 0
400
4,091 0
55 2 47
0 4,195
0
0
0
0
0 0
0
0 0
0 0
0
0
0
40
0
5
0
3 0
48
4,692 0 116 81 85 16 4,990
932
0
28 32 49 11 1,052
10,000 0 500 20 200
0 10,720
2,000
0
50 10 100 0 2,160
2,896 0
52 46 68 163 3,225
2,628
0
46 30 43 81 2,828
0 0
0 0
0
0
0
2,000
0
0
0 100 0 2,100
3,956 0
0 0
0
0 3,956
1,687
0
177 166 84 68 2,182
702 0
1 0
0
0 703
60
0
1
0
0 0
61
62 0
0 0
3
0
65
2
0
0
0
3 0
5
2,305 0 198 40 47
0 2,590
113
0
28 11 29 7
188
3,377 0 272 42 186
0 3,877
3,377
0
272 42 186 0 3,877
159 0
0 1
3
0 163
0
0
0
0
1 0
1
0 0
0 0
0
0
0
10,452
0 1,970 120 156 1,108 13,806
597 0
27 29 60 18 731
77
0
16 24 55 15
187
535 0 153 24 24 208 944
267
0
72 24 24 135
522
2,040 0
0 9 40
0 2,089
0
8
0
0
0 0
8
15,780 612 806 93 654 1,580 19,525
42,262 612 2,443 325 2,170 1,580 49,392
0 0
0 49 105 5,148 5,302
0
0
0
0
0 0
0
1,548 0 308 0
87 30 47
25 0
5
0 1,712 0 338
268
0
65 11 18 0
362
0
0
0
0
0 0
0
45
568 0 101 21 111
2 803
568
0
141 21 111 2
843
2,207 0 220 113 181 32 2,753
0
0
220 113 181 32
546
178 0
0 8
9
6 201
0
0
0
0
0 0
0
70 0
12 3 10
0
95
0
0
0
0
0 0
0
4,371 0 430 44 202
0 5,047
1,329
0
349 44 202 0 1,924
14,388 5,420 1,311 46 175
0 21,340
0
0
0
0
0 0
0
362 0
5 9
6 191 573
0
0
0
0
0 0
0
309 0
27 5
5
0 346
309
0
27
5
5 0
346
310 10
35 4 11
0 370
60
0
0
0
0 0
60
2,703 0 196 92 71 181 3,243
515
0
54 71 57 122
819
1,465 0
85 4 16
0 1,570
662
0
78
2 12 0
754
1,847 0
67 18 20
0 1,952
0
0
0
0
0 0
0
140 0
10 0
3 22 175
28
0
2
0
1 7
38
2,568 0 123 40 113 172 3,016
514
0
25
8 23 34
604
1,061 0 106 43 57 29 1,296
35
0
5
7
9 0
56
2,500 0 400 1,500 1,000 500 5,900
1,500
0
200 1,400 900 250 4,250
1,603 2
33 4 28 10 1,680
0
2
0
0
0 0
2
38 0
1 0
2
0
41
3
0
1
0
2 0
6
12,000 0 1,500 250 300 1,300 15,350
9,000
0 1,000 250 300 1,000 11,550
104,343 6,044 7,659 2,738 4,010 9,578 134,372
82,390 622 7,830 2,784 4,940 4,452 103,018
1Reported cases by defendant *Data is shown for those cities whose caseload information was sent to the AOC. Most cases were reported by docket.
Serving the Courts
Supreme Court of Georgia -- Chief Justice Norman S. Fletcher retired on June 30, 2005, after serving 15 years on the Supreme Court bench. The appointment of Justice Harold D. Melton represented the first change in personnel for the court since 1995. Justice Melton was sworn in on June 23, 2005.
On June 28, 2005, the Supreme Court of Georgia held a history-making investiture ceremony at the State Capitol in Atlanta. Sworn-in at the ceremony were Georgia's new Chief Justice Leah Ward Sears, the first African American woman to become chief justice of a state supreme court, and Presiding Justice Carol W. Hunstein.
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Court of Appeals -- Judge Frank Eldridge retired on December 30, 2004, after serving eight years on the Court of Appeals bench. Judge Debra Bernes was elected to the seat after two run-off elections.
Superior Court Judgeships -- The Judicial Council approved recommendation of new judgeships in the Southern, Gwinnett, Flint, Cherokee, Appalachian, Dublin, Coweta, and Cobb Judicial Circuits at its meeting on August 20, 2004. The Council's recommendation was forwarded to the governor and the legislature for consideration during the 2005 session. Enabling legislation was passed for judgeships in the Southern, Gwinnett, Flint, Cherokee, and Appalachian Judicial Circuits.
Serving the Courts
Courthouse Security
The judicial community in Georgia and around the nation was stunned on March 11, 2005, as tragic events unfolded at the Fulton County
Courthouse in Atlanta.
An inmate awaiting trial attacked a Fulton County
Deputy, obtained a gun and entered the chambers of
Judge Rowland Barnes. He subsequently opened fire
into the courtroom while court was in session. Judge
Rowland Barnes and court reporter Julie Ann Brandau
died in the eighth-floor courtroom. Fulton County
Sheriff's Deputy Hoyt Teasley was killed outside the
courthouse as the inmate escaped the building.
Discussions throughout Georgia and the nation
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were begun to address the issue of courthouse security
after the deadly violence at the Fulton County
Courthouse shattered the sense of security in courts
across the nation.
Serving the Courts
Administrative Office of the Courts
The Administrative Office of the Courts provides support services to judges and other court personnel in each class of court: appel-
late, superior, state, juvenile, probate, magistrate and
municipal. The agency documents caseload informa-
tion annually for the courts, provides information tech-
nology support, promotes the work of judges' councils,
coordinates annual judicial branch appropriations
requests, and assists with funding for drug courts and
similar efforts. Publications produced by the AOC keep
the judiciary and the public up-to-date on activities
and issues affecting court administration. The AOC
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operates under the direction of the Judicial Council of
Georgia, a policy-making body chaired by the Chief
Justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia. The office is a
liaison to other state and national judicial agencies.
www.georgiacourts.org The Administrative Office of the Courts maintains
www.georgiacourts.org as a public information outlet regarding the work of courts in Georgia.
Judicial Appointments and Elections
July 1, 2004 to June 30, 2005
Supreme Court: Appointment Justice Harold Melton, 7/23/05
Court of Appeals: Elected Judge Debra Bernes, 11/23/04
Superior Courts: Elected
Judge Ural Glanville, Atlanta Circuit, 1/01/05
Judge Michael D. Johnson, Atlanta Circuit, 1/01/05
Judge Ronnie K. Batchelor, Gwinnett Circuit, 1/01/05
Judge Bobby Peters, Chattahoochee Circuit, 1/01/05
Judge Dennis T. Blackmon, Coweta Circuit, 1/01/05
Judge Robert W. Chasteen, Jr., Cordele Circuit, 1/01/05
Judge Harold A. Hinesley, Toombs Circuit, 1/01/05
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Judge Michael P. Boggs, Waycross Circuit, 1/01/05
Judge Eugene M. Benton, Alcovy Circuit, 1/01/05
Judge Gregory A. Adams, Stone Mountain Circuit, 1/01/05
Judge Sheryl B. Jolly, Augusta Circuit, 1/01/05
Judge Mark Anthony Scott, Stone Mtn. Circuit, 1/01/05
Judge Stephen Schuster, Cobb Circuit, 1/01/05
Superior Courts: Appointments Judge James R. Osborne, Paulding Circuit, 1/24/05 Judge W. James Sizemore, Southwestern Circuit, 5/12/05 Judge Jason J. Deal, Northeastern Circuit, 6/22/05 Judge Craig L. Schwall, Atlanta Circuit, 6/22/05
Judicial Appointments and Elections
July 1, 2004 to June 30, 2005
State Courts: Elected Judge Judd T. Drake, Candler County, 1/01/05 Judge Hermann Coolidge, Jr., Chatham County, 1/01/05 Judge Robert H. Preston, Coffee County, 1/01/05 Judge Barbara J. Mobley, DeKalb County, 1/01/05 Judge Randy Rich, Gwinnett County, 1/01/05 Judge Danny S. Shepard, Miller County, 1/01/05 Judge Richard L. Waters, Jr., Mitchell County, 1/01/05 Judge Nancy Bills, Rockdale County, 1/01/05 Judge Grady K. Reddick, Screven County, 1/01/05 Judge James T. Irvin, Stephens County, 1/01/05 Judge Russ Barnes, Sumter County, 1/01/05
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State Courts: Appointments
Judge Samuel C. Finster, Chattooga County, 7/12/04
Judge J. Kelly Brooks, Charlton County, 7/12/04
Judge Seay V. Poulakas, Coweta County, 1/01/05
Judge Fred C. Eady, Fulton County, 6/22/05
Administrative Office of the Courts 244 Washington Street, SW Suite 300 Atlanta, GA 30334
www.georgiacourts.org