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 1 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. 7 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 11 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 24 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 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 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 43 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. 44 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. 46 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 47 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 48 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 49 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 50 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