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2006 Annual Report: Georgia Courts
Judicial Council of Georgia Administrative Office of the Courts
2006 Annual Report: Georgia Courts
July 1, 2005 -- June 30, 2006
Table of Contents
Judicial Council of Georgia ................................................................................ 1 Supreme Court ......................................................................................................2 Court of Appeals...................................................................................................4 Superior Court ......................................................................................................7 State Court......................................................................................................... 11 Juvenile Court.................................................................................................... 17 Probate Court .....................................................................................................25 Magistrate Court .................................................................................................34 Municipal Court..................................................................................................45 Notable and Noteworthy ....................................................................................49 Judicial Appointments and Elections.................................................................54
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
Jenkins County Courthouse
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 2006
Chief Justice Leah Ward Sears
Judge Betty B. Cason
Chair
Council of Probate Court Judges
Supreme Court
Judge Walter J. Clarke, II
Presiding Justice Carol W. Hunstein
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 Thomas C. Bobbitt, III
Council of Magistrate Court Judges
Presiding Judge Anne Elizabeth Barnes
Court of Appeals
District Administrative Judges
Judge William T. Boyett Council of Superior Court Judges
Judge F. Gates Peed, First District Judge A. Wallace Cato, Second District
Judge Arch McGarity Council of Superior Court Judges
Judge Ben Studdard, III Council of State Court Judges
Judge Brenda H. Cole Council of State Court Judges
Judge George F. Nunn, Jr., Third District Judge Gail C. Flake, Fourth District Judge Doris L. Downs, Fifth District Judge William H. Craig, Sixth District Judge Jon B. Wood, Seventh District
Judge Stephen H. Andrews Council of Juvenile Court Judges
Judge Velma Tilley 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
2004
2005
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
471
516
559
492
4
4
493
462
248
218
48
65
5
3
126
163
4
7
1
2
5
7
12
10
Total
1,976
1,949
Supreme Court: Cases Disposed
Dispositions
2004
2005
By Opinion
347
400
Affirmed without Opinion
9
7
Stricken from Docket
12
11
Allowed Withdrawn
33
38
Transferred to Court of Appeals 78
135
Appeals Dismissed
244
166
Petition for Certiorari
Granted
43
43
Denied
569
439
Other
39
4
Habeas Corpus Applications
Granted
7
36
Denied
242
303
Dismissed
64
82
Other
30
1
Discretionary Applications
Granted
45
56
3
Denied
112
95
Transferred to Court of Appeals 38
22
Other
7
0
Interlocutory Applications
Granted
12
24
Denied
23
13
Transferred to Court of Appeals 8
7
Other
1
6
Interim Review
Granted
0
2
Denied
4
3
Extraordinary Motions
Granted
4
3
Denied
9
11
Attorney Discipline
79
94
Bar Admissions
3
3
Judicial Qualifications
0
0
Total
2,055
2,004
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
2004
2005
Direct Appeals
2,394
Discretionary Applications 469
Interlocutory Applications 375
Total
3,238
2,353 426 360
3,139
Court of Appeals: Cases Disposed
Dispositions
2004
2005
Direct Appeals By Opinion Non-Published Opinion Rule 36 Order Total
1,497 268 95 667
2,527
1,389 192 87 657
2,325
Discretionary Applications
Granted
88
84
Denied
225
209
Dismissed
102
104
Transferred
20
21
Withdrawn
0
0
Other
5
0
5
Total
440
418
Interlocutory Applications
Granted
110
111
Denied
191
193
Dismissed
40
40
Transferred
6
7
Withdrawn
0
0
Other
1
1
Total
348
352
Total
3,315
2,839
6
Putnam County Courthouse
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 2005
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
2,459 4,183 2,739 19,221 1,476 4,799 1,143 2,116 2,304 2,118 4,182 2,780 11,636 6,727 1,863 3,723 3,484 2,120 2,178 4,388 2,000 1,730 3,012 6,414 2,683 3,181 3,149 1,037 1,592 4,687 1,900 4,750 1,554 1,481 1,352 1,194 2,783 1,035 4,177
920 3,139 1,900 6,715 1,749
903 1,073 1,252 2,042 3,297 158,340
2,462 4,201 2,739 21,647 1,708 5,243 1,143 2,116 2,458 2,412 4,551 3,113 13,381 5,663 2,014 4,258 4,006 2,120 2,317 4,388 2,000 1,979 3,073 7,958 2,823 3,181 3,392 1,145 1,592 4,687 2,082 4,951 1,710 1,666 1,447 1,350 2,922 1,112 4,569 1,030 3,385 2,012 7,862 1,815
948 1,127 1,458 2,338 3,427 170,981
817
886
*Based on 193 judges.
All Felony Total
Dockets Filed
Defendants Filed
Unified Appeals Defendants Filed
633
636
0
1,769
1,787
0
1,036
1,036
0
14,299
16,725
2
1,125
1,357
1
2,698
3,107
0
746
746
1
1,146
1,146
1
1,815
1,969
2
1,059
1,297
0
1,188
1,497
2
1,893
2,223
0
5,857
7,602
0
3,160
3,160
0
714
827
0
2,570
3,089
1
1,330
1,591
0
1,447
1,447
4
1,329
1,468
0
2,623
2,623
0
1,057
1,057
0
1,204
1,449
0
2,128
2,189
0
4,266
5,810
2
1,366
1,498
2
1,596
1,596
0
1,625
1,867
1
809
917
0
765
765
0
3,084
3,084
1
987
1,157
0
1,898
2,065
0
856
998
0
1,075
1,260
0
687
773
0
530
653
0
1,308
1,421
5
727
802
1
1,496
1,780
0
618
724
0
2,506
2,752
0
986
1,084
0
4,687
5,834
0
895
942
1
540
585
2
541
586
0
649
761
0
1,392
1,688
4
2,103
2,227
1
90,818
103,657
34
Felony
Dockets Filed
Defendants Filed
633 1,769 1,036 14,297 1,124 2,698
745 1,145 1,813 1,059 1,186 1,893 5,857 3,160
714 2,569 1,330 1,443 1,329 2,623 1,057 1,204 2,128 4,264 1,364 1,596 1,624
809 765 3,083 987 1,898 856 1,075 687 530 1,303 726 1,496 618 2,506 986 4,687 894 538 541 649 1,388 2,102 90,784
636 1,787 1,036 16,723 1,356 3,107
745 1,145 1,967 1,297 1,495 2,223 7,602 3,160
827 3,088 1,591 1,443 1,468 2,623 1,057 1,449 2,189 5,808 1,496 1,596 1,866
917 765 3,083 1,157 2,065 998 1,260 773 653 1,416 801 1,780 724 2,752 1,084 5,834 941 583 586 761 1,684 2,226 103,623
467
537
0.18
467
537
Superior Court Caseload Calendar Year 2005
Misdemeanor
Dockets Filed
Defendants Filed
Probation Revocation Petitions Filed
1,530 1,080
921 0
13 748
30 138 217 386 908
57 2
2,278 430 222
1,330 230 523 55 575 75 543 312 488 850 223 13 258 701 260
1,573 449 2 404 497
1,206 29
1,515 75 77
485 0
542 45
348 497
95 193 23,428
1,530 1,080
921 0
13 783
30 138 217 442 968
60 2
1,214 468 238
1,591 230 523 55 575 79 543 312 496 850 224 13 258 701 272
1,607 463 2 413 530
1,232 31
1,623 79 77
499 0
561 45
357 591
95 199 23,230
296 1,334
782 4,922
338 1,353
367 832 272 673 2,086 830 5,777 1,289 719 931 824 443 326 1,710 368 451 341 1,836 829 735 1,301 215 569 902 653 1,279 249 404 261 167 269 279 1,166 227 556 429 2,028 312 318 184 106 555 1,001 44,094
Total Civil Dockets
Filed
2,307 6,874 2,698 15,358 3,890 7,683 2,874 4,677 5,253 7,907 5,129 5,413 10,501 4,185 2,658 7,645 3,124 5,065 2,941 5,731 2,779 4,138 5,416 14,705 4,866 5,559 1,802 2,291 2,309 4,344 4,312 4,946 2,483 3,401 2,058 3,766 3,921 2,113 5,033 2,056 6,846 2,131 13,640 3,424 4,083 2,505 2,906 2,653 3,201 235,600
General Civil Dockets Filed
756 3,292 1,230 4,032 1,229 1,962 1,087 1,388 2,008 2,832 2,647
751 2,147 1,867 1,085 2,522
968 2,769
990 1,944 1,379 1,990 2,293 3,908 1,296 1,702
875 734 1,161 1,814 1,570 2,218 935 1,158 956 2,403 1,837 494 2,045 873 2,554 1,152 3,717 2,317 1,765 855 1,105 1,291 1,454 85,357
Domestic Relations
Dockets Filed
1,551 3,582 1,468 11,326 2,661 5,721 1,787 3,289 3,245 5,075 2,482 4,662 8,354 2,318 1,573 5,123 2,156 2,296 1,951 3,787 1,400 2,148 3,123 10,797 3,570 3,857
927 1,557 1,148 2,530 2,742 2,728 1,548 2,243 1,102 1,363 2,084 1,619 2,988 1,183 4,292
979 9,923 1,107 2,318 1,650 1,801 1,362 1,747 150,243
Total Dockets
Filed
4,766 11,057 5,437 34,579 5,366 12,482 4,017 6,793 7,557 10,025
9,311 8,193 22,137 10,912 4,521 11,368 6,608 7,185 5,119 10,119 4,779 5,868 8,428 21,119 7,549 8,740 4,951 3,328 3,901 9,031 6,212 9,696 4,037 4,882 3,410 4,960 6,704 3,148 9,210 2,976 9,985 4,031 20,355 5,173 4,986 3,578 4,158 4,695 6,498 393,940
121
120
228
1,221
442
778
2,038
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
Effingham County Judicial Complex
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 2005
(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
67
37
14
6
311
317
360
369
0
34
0
0
167
239
0
0
0
0
90
0
413
926 1,193
68
347
332
17
103
280
2,723 2,080 2,306
112
114
51
0
666
289
164
177
263
0 1,148 1,152
0
37
35
0 3,854
0
0
748
467
25
195
195
195
234
311
33
155
145
5,038 2,939 2,654
52
150
151
274 1,752 1,349
0
81
57
3
16
32
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
77
65
109
182
180
795
721
920
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
268
214
4,060 6,630 8,287
14
159
124
0
0
0
1,737
762
452
Non-Traffic Misdemeanors
Open Filed Disposed
0
144
0
0
78
157
720 1,759 1,631
2,022 2,137 2,238
0
100
0
0
192
242
0
681
0
0
413
0
20
83
85
1,084
950
952
90
270
143
2,123
828 2,100
942 1,542 1,054
0 1,156
908
1,378 1,836 1,970
0 8,553 8,637
5
252
248
0 6,317 6,302
0
245
163
96
488
926
1,549 2,200 2,122
105
265
254
3,391 9,203 9,264
443 2,585 1,753
739
960
939
9
149
127
71 1,253 1,390
1,136
762
823
0
0
0
0
140
163
726 1,359 1,373
1,348 1,328 1,369
0 10,121
0
3,410 11,399 7,989
0 2,572 2,425
40
47
71
85
842
731
0
50
0
733 1,185
740
Probation Revocations
Open Filed Disposed
0
0
0
0
6
6
0
0
0
0
331
331
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
41
0
0
0
0
142 1,295
455
7
6
21
1,533 1,074
789
0
0
0
0
0
0
241
902
879
0 3,190
0
0
0
0
0 6,726
0
0
0
0
10
105
96
379
524
363
0
37
37
0 2,374 2,374
0
711
711
1,302
870
828
0
2
2
33
40
116
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
48
676
661
29
1
53
0
750
0
51
309
258
0
0
0
110 1,895 1,867
0
25
25
0
0
0
0
480
480
Other Traffic
Open Filed Disposed
0
133
0
0
790
619
0 3,636 3,153
2,235 9,934 9,376
0 3,021
0
0
150
200
0 9,536
0
0
961
0
0
0
0
1,677 5,182 4,427
935 3,320 2,550
242
291
347
951 1,454 1,030
0 12,869 10,628
0
0
0
0 25,118 24,966
2 1,173 1,164
0 118,763 128,448
0 3,009 2,279
180 1,872 1,096
4,253 9,774 9,618
942 2,239 2,107
0
0
0
4,492 6,232 4,521
3,491 8,121 7,126
67 2,121 1,990
413 5,000 4,446
2
12
8
0 3,141
0
0
773 1,355
1,776 4,404 4,076
3,601 3,598 3,473
0 55,301
0
0
0
0
0 2,305 2,211
0
0
0
91 2,935 2,477
0 9,774
0
3,420 19,037 18,858
State Court Caseload Calendar Year 2005
(number of cases)
Landlord/Tenant Disp.
Open
Filed Disposed
Other Civil Open Filed Disposed
County Totals Open Filed Disposed
County
0
0
0
0
69
0
0
346
0
Appling
1
1
0
6
20
21
7
962
840
Bacon
3
1
0
444
197
95
1,181 5,599 5,190
Baldwin
121
35
55
3,157 2,230 2,017
7,852 15,027 14,386
Bibb
0
0
0
0
10
0
0 3,165
0
Brooks
0
0
0
0
114
52
0
623
733
Bryan
0
0
0
0
315
0
0 10,532
0
Bulloch
0
1
0
0
209
0
0 1,715
0
Burke
4
0
0
16
39
23
453 1,048 1,301
Candler
0
0
0
861 1,263
945
3,832 9,037 7,111
Carroll
0
0
0
0
0
0
1,049 3,699 2,994
Charlton
72
247
264
2,522 3,455 3,475
9,215 7,975 9,281
Chatham
1
1
1
131
123
66
2,137 3,234 2,202
Chattooga
0
0
0
0 2,273 1,284
0 16,964 13,109
Cherokee
4
5
6
759
949
865
2,546 3,869 3,983
Clarke
0
14
17
0 7,634 6,275
0 45,657 41,047
Clayton
0
0
0
0
16
11
7 1,478 1,458
Clinch
0 15,966 15,389
0 18,111 22,258
0 169,737 172,397
Cobb
13
0
92
92
0
184
98
0 4,278 3,099
Coffee
0
3
3
175
209
186
486 2,872 2,502
Colquitt
0
16
5
363 1,224
561
6,739 13,972 12,980
Coweta
0
4
3
291
131
32
1,371 2,831 2,578
Decatur
68,818 33,460 24,908
68,818 19,241 17,533
146,065 67,217 56,733
DeKalb
1
8
6
99 1,085 1,242
5,087 10,771 8,384
Dougherty
4
5
6
574
853
833
6,384 12,561 11,081
Douglas
0
0
0
6
54
32
82 2,407 2,208
Early
0
3
9
24
298
27
544 6,610 6,020
Effingham
1
1
1
0
0
0
1,140
775
832
Elbert
0
0
0
0
0
65
0 3,141
65
Emanuel
0
0
1
0
49
90
0 1,039 1,674
Evans
3
15
12
1,024
954
769
3,686 7,590 7,071
Fayette
61
7
0
9,668 1,447
0
15,502 7,102 5,815
Forsyth
0 46,746
0
0 47,050
0
0 159,968
0
Fulton
0
10
10
329
530
201
3,790 12,248 8,458
Glynn
0
0
0
0
0
0
0 5,145 4,850
Grady
8
90
83
6,865 16,947 15,804
11,083 25,609 26,112
Gwinnett
14
9
2
53
241
208
257 4,211 3,567
Habersham
0
0
0
0
10
0
0 9,834
0
Hall
1
4
3
880 1,857
983
6,771 23,325 21,516
Henry
State Court Caseload Calendar Year 2005
(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
483
515
360
128 2,216 2,301
0
468
468
0
0
0
Jackson
0
162
0
0
588
0
0
0
0
0 1,737
0
Jeff Davis
23
350
200
5
105
92
8
40
36
4
747
675
Jefferson
27
6
6
273
849
734
0
0
0
106 1,818 1,650
Jenkins
13
87
73
23
146
139
0
3
3
156 2,116 2,041
Liberty
261
324
238
1,239
451
377
0
100
0
0
0
0
Long
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3,554 1,958 1,893
Lowndes
181
836
658
614 3,075 2,476
102
578
472
2,315 18,699 16,401
McIntosh
433
524
462
0
0
0
1
22
5
5,154 4,171 3,857
Miller
4
20
9
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
998
881
Mitchell
0
0
0
0
437
0
0
0
0
0 1,700
0
Muscogee
0
0
0
686 4,035 3,349
0
0
0
301 2,072 1,771
Pierce
10
76
66
53
171
118
0
62
62
155
904
749
Putnam
210
458
767
58
514
325
0
0
0
0 2,094 2,132
Richmond
520
891 1,082
6,646 4,058 4,114
0
0
0
20,859 27,165 25,955
Rockdale
208
734
742
457 1,053
998
8
196
174
2,437 8,861 8,238
Screven
0
0
105
0
0
371
0
0
0
0
0 1,308
Spalding
0
358
227
0 2,164 1,978
0 1,813 1,813
0 4,521 4,841
14
Stephens
Sumter
17
75
26
0
122
80
120
763
652
732
997
976
0
21
21
0
0
0
72 1,389 1,204 0 2,630 2,389
Tattnall
0
174
259
0
557
733
0
0
0
0 1,919 2,208
Thomas
264
280
265
1,012 2,071 1,371
0
90
90
900 4,512 4,228
Tift
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3,995 15,741 11,746
Toombs
60
164
5
61
612 2,506
0
0
0
162 2,475
460
Treutlen
0
0
0
0
152
0
0
0
0
0 4,446
0
Troup
15
255
269
705 1,327 1,426
0
0
0
3,027 6,367 5,416
Turner
6
29
20
0
0
0
0
0
0
817 4,781 3,690
Walker
163
390
140
1,655
929
442
0
0
0
3,282 4,498
642
Ware
10
178
183
84
842
902
0
614
614
181 2,103 2,949
Washington
695 1,788 1,880
860
527
508
0
0
0
370
328
6
Wayne
84
75
127
700
596 1,069
0
0
0
595 2,145 2,385
Worth
57
44
1
270
383
268
16
0
0
147 2,550
268
Total
19,908 34,160 30,710
38,646 104,062 87,514
4,020 26,377 14,110
77,359 471,424 362,532
State Court Caseload Calendar Year 2005
(number of cases)
Landlord/Tenant Disp.
Open
Filed Disposed
Other Civil Open Filed Disposed
County Totals Open Filed Disposed
County
0
4
3
696 1,062
521
1,307 4,265 3,653
Houston
0
4
4
0
421
429
0 2,912
433
Jackson
0
0
0
13
79
26
53 1,321 1,029
Jeff Davis
0
0
0
18
30
30
424 2,703 2,420
Jefferson
1
5
5
15
37
37
208 2,394 2,298
Jenkins
0
0
0
61
355
271
1,561 1,230
886
Liberty
9
4
4
20
12
26
3,583 1,974 1,923
Long
0
0
0
997 1,038 1,191
4,209 24,226 21,198
Lowndes
0
0
0
19
20
21
5,607 4,737 4,345
McIntosh
0
0
0
0
18
9
4 1,036
899
Miller
0
4
0
0
114
0
0 2,255
0
Mitchell
0
0
0
0
0
0
987 6,107 5,120
Muscogee
0
0
0
28
59
31
246 1,272 1,026
Pierce
0
0
0
0
0
0
268 3,066 3,224
Putnam
3
0
0
5,304 2,263 1,631
33,332 34,377 32,782
Richmond
6
10
9
771 1,257 1,243
3,887 12,111 11,404
Rockdale
0
0
13
0
0
107
0 1,612 1,904
Screven
0
1
0
0
584
938
0 9,441 9,797
Spalding
0
0
0
191
320
237
400 2,568 2,140
Stephens
15
0
0
0
72
269
138
804 4,018 3,583
Sumter
0
4
4
0
105
106
0 2,759 3,310
Tattnall
1
2
1
137
337
236
2,314 7,292 6,191
Thomas
0
10
9
14
198
120
4,009 15,949 11,875
Tift
0
3
0
14
161
162
297 3,415 3,133
Toombs
0
0
0
0
37
0
0 4,635
0
Treutlen
0
0
0
633
533
605
4,380 8,482 7,716
Troup
0
0
0
1
14
0
824 4,824 3,710
Turner
0
0
0
351
116
58
5,451 5,933 1,282
Walker
0
0
0
56
167
138
331 3,904 4,786
Ware
1
0
0
0
0
0
1,926 2,643 2,394
Washington
0
0
0
385
130
143
1,764 2,946 3,724
Wayne
0
0
0
127
84
46
617 3,061
583
Worth
69,138 96,795 40,928
106,988 139,211 84,551
316,059 873,641 620,345
Total
16
Twiggs County Courthouse
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 2005 (number of children)
Delinquent
County
Filed Disposed Open
Appling
101
0
0
Atkinson
23
23
0
Bacon
32
12
20
Baker
7
7
4
Baldwin
321
0
0
Banks
58
57
1
Barrow
371
0
0
Bartow
549
545
431
Ben Hill
301
241
133
Berrien
115
83
32
Bibb
2,350 2,130 1,037
Bleckley
52
52
0
Brantley
0
0
0
Brooks
91
87
4
Bryan
157
70
116
Bulloch
156
144
12
Burke
269
262
7
Butts
302
192
183
Calhoun
50
49
1
Camden
281
264
17
Candler
14
12
2
Carroll
809
769
40
Catoosa
409
329
166
Charlton
61
103
46
Chatham
2,656 2,668 2,074
18 Chattahoochee
10
9
1
Chattooga
79
50
29
Cherokee
695
815
338
Clarke
737
619
116
Clay
16
11
5
Clayton
3,452 3,534
940
Clinch
52
33
19
Cobb
4,113 3,505 1,263
Coffee
0
0
0
Colquitt
277
180
97
Columbia
616
454
162
Cook
224
80
144
Coweta
610
488
122
Crawford
8
8
0
Crisp
259
259
16
Dade
55
47
8
Dawson
124
108
94
Decatur
219
178
76
DeKalb
8,362 8,186
176
Dodge
39
0
36
Dooly
54
48
6
Dougherty
1,091
734
357
Douglas
1,290 1,313
430
Early
158
153
5
Echols
11
8
3
Effingham
120
104
16
Elbert
235
224
118
Emanuel
63
13
456
Evans
70
59
11
Filed 44 16 19 5 50 16
137 304
60 43 497 36 130 70 38 33 152 63
3 104
38 279 171
24 547
4 35 312 497
0 494
21 894 552
81 506
46 143
0 111 25 58 13 1,676 29 33 246 617 17
6 36
0 20 43
Unruly Disposed
0 15 10
5 0 15 0 313 48 35 462 36 0 67 21 33 148 39 3 107 20 279 146 36 525 3 22 355 351 0 463 16 802 0 61 358 11 137 0 110 21 44 9 1,470 0 33 162 521 16 1 29 0 5 37
Open 0 1 9 0 0 1 0
253 18 8
105 0 0 3
35 0 4
24 0 0
18 0
61 26 762
1 13 154 144
0 242
4 187
0 20 148 35 65
0 1 4 41 9 206 26 0 84 260 1 5 7 0 167 6
Termination of Parental Rights
Filed Disposed Open
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
15
7
8
24
0
0
36
42
28
0
0
3
0
0
0
58
51
11
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
15
5
10
0
0
0
8
11
0
1
0
1
21
21
0
11
8
12
0
11
5
27
30
54
0
0
0
4
2
2
23
25
11
41
42
0
3
3
0
34
37
7
2
2
0
117
40
94
0
0
0
21
3
18
0
0
0
11
10
1
32
19
13
5
5
0
3
7
3
2
0
2
0
0
1
5
4
4
118
99
19
0
0
16
0
0
0
15
11
4
39
42
11
1
1
0
3
0
3
3
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
7
7
0
Filed 80 19 23 6
173 46
331 759
26 52 1,969 24
0 54
7 0 23 361 1 41 39 443 170 40 665 3 66 463 375 15 1,101 7 1,351 0 153 29 65 427 161 176 40 48 89 2,142 16 52 184 449 11 8 26 46 33 37
Deprived
Disposed Open
0
0
19
0
0
23
4
4
0
0
19
27
0
0
729
361
3
143
0
0
1,229
911
6
18
0
0
53
1
4
3
0
0
3
20
48
313
1
0
36
5
7
32
390
53
90
229
86
22
527 1,913
3
0
47
19
457
200
287
81
11
4
1,167
335
4
3
945
541
0
0
10
143
29
0
24
41
306
121
161
0
198
26
31
9
41
40
94
83
2,037
105
0
16
23
29
147
37
388
291
10
1
3
5
23
3
50
48
6
221
17
20
Juvenile Court Caseload Calendar Year 2005 (number of children)
Filed 9
12 8 1
103 22 67
202 17 12
167 6 0 9
95 95 23 49
2 26
3 151 181
12 636
10 47 444 166
7 289
2 1,410
0 68 270 83 214 25 29 35 79 43 933 18 15 107 132 10 11 146 34
1 5
Traffic Disposed
0 12
8 2 0 18 0 195 17 11 151 6 0 9 44 95 23 29 2 17 0 141 160 10 573 7 27 441 132 6 315 2 1,317 0 44 270 39 196 25 30 32 76 41 897 0 15 86 123 9 8 142 32 1 5
Open 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
295 6 1
46 0 0 0
49 0 0
20 0 9 3
10 47 21 947
3 20 185 35
1 264
0 275
0 24
0 44 18
0 0 3 18 5 36 9 0 21 34 1 3 4 11 4 0
Special Proceedings
Filed Disposed Open
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
21
0
0
25
14
11
22
0
0
28
21
100
7
3
2
0
0
0
40
26
89
0
0
0
0
0
0
19
12
7
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
8
0
8
0
0
0
39
33
6
1
1
0
23
23
0
56
14
52
0
0
0
145
96
371
5
0
5
39
23
16
66
64
70
58
29
28
1
1
0
238
211
86
43
41
2
105
65
79
0
0
0
5
5
0
57
57
0
6
5
1
10
6
4
0
0
0
20
1
0
2
2
0
4
3
9
3
2
5
646
598
48
8
0
0
0
0
0
54
45
9
53
48
50
3
1
2
0
0
0
28
28
0
2
0
8
0
0
4
6
2
4
Filed 234
70 85 19 668 182 952 1,878 411 222 5,081 118 130 247 297 284 468 798 56 499 96 1,726 998 137 4,676 32 270 2,003 1,874 42 5,608 127 7,990 552 605 1,478 435 1,436 199 598 159 313 372 13,877 110 154 1,697 2,580 200 39 359 317 117 168
Total Disposed
0 69 30 18
0 130
0 1845
312 129 4049 100
0 232 139 272 436 313
55 468
40 1623
747 246 4419
22 171 2157 1460
32 5727
98 6674
0 303 1168 169 1152 199 605 133 272 328 13287
0 119 1185 2435 190 20 329 306 25 127
Open 0 1
55 8 0
52 0
1468 305 41
2199 18 0 15
203 12 32
558 1
37 56 103 567 120 6121 10 99 958 404 10 1874 28 2439
0 302 310 266 343
0 46 26 203 182 590 103 35 512 1076 10 19 30 185 852 41
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 2005 (number of children)
Delinquent
Filed Disposed Open
66
0
0
773 1,112
152
865
796
161
783
675
108
0
0
0
5,751 5,286 3,066
112
85
27
11
11
0
698
696
106
302
252
50
153
109
54
122
67
58
5,538 5,302 2,163
259
254
5
1,028 1,242
310
17
0
0
163
140
23
148
116
32
171
18
367
0
0
0
1,799 2,251
491
2,291 2,029
232
23
16
7
341
260
81
91
65
26
131
123
8
0
0
0
48
42
6
29
0
0
111
110
1
163
115
48
44
41
3
321
321
0
149
147
2
500
322
163
26
19
6
0
0
0
122
70
52
64
51
13
119
117
2
102
101
35
70
70
0
114
104
30
45
47
96
215
206
8
29
29
0
196
163
33
186
161
19
35
30
5
105
97
8
254
202
52
2,479 2,676
732
1,190 1,529
261
160
145
15
Filed 68
280 558 105
0 1,126
64 12 168 214
8 57 1,470 82 252 12 215 65
4 138 488 1,388
4 65 33 46
0 21 31 29 30 10 280 19 321 13 196 933 106 13 49
0 50 24 27 20 106 166
5 20 124 909 326 153
Unruly Disposed
0 277 594
46 0
1,035 28 12
159 205
7 36 1,347 75 343
0 185
64 0 0
548 1,269
4 49 15 41
0 21
0 22 30
9 280
19 219
15 0
544 88 13 37 0 46 16 25 20 83
172 4
20 104 1,283 390 149
Open 0
30 57 59
0 496
36 0
36 9 6
21 702
7 52
0 30
1 17
0 246 101
0 16 18
5 0 0 0 7 0 1 0 0 102 1 0 389 18 0 40 0 6 23 2 0 23 12 1 0 20 387 74 4
Termination of Parental Rights
Filed Disposed Open
0
0
0
3
14
0
35
26
27
15
6
9
0
0
0
175
255
116
2
1
1
3
3
0
7
6
1
17
13
4
1
2
1
2
0
2
80
60
49
4
3
1
29
31
5
2
0
0
9
9
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
46
37
11
0
0
0
0
0
0
12
7
5
0
0
0
3
0
3
0
0
0
3
3
0
8
0
0
15
8
7
14
14
0
0
0
0
20
20
0
7
7
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
26
2
24
13
10
3
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
13
13
0
0
0
0
5
0
5
3
3
0
3
3
0
5
5
0
36
29
7
0
0
0
11
6
7
1
1
0
Filed 91
482 915 140
0 3,193
53 6
203 504 102
38 2,630
58 467
31 124
88 92
0 483 1,114
30 134
21 54
0 20 33 70 180 47 295 34 119 24
0 226
74 17 35
7 140
86 42 22 83 109 13 18 336 1,048 257 84
Deprived
Disposed Open
0
0
468
106
891
227
114
26
0
0
2,598 1,686
15
38
6
0
272
13
410
94
45
57
0
40
2,007 1,811
50
8
472
54
0
0
84
40
0
88
3
273
0
0
736
357
1,019
88
2
28
69
65
15
6
42
12
0
0
19
1
0
0
52
18
168
28
0
47
295
0
25
9
39
80
23
2
0
0
56
170
53
21
16
1
26
31
7
0
96
65
96
71
41
1
22
0
16
67
97
16
10
3
16
2
307
29
1,260
198
276
33
44
40
Juvenile Court Caseload Calendar Year 2005 (number of children)
Filed
Traffic Disposed Open
Special Proceedings Filed Disposed Open
Total Filed Disposed Open
County
36
0
0
10
0
0
271
0
0
Fannin
480
725
88
6
9
4
2,024 2605
380
Fayette
308
307
37
158
156
38
2,839 2770
547
Floyd
247
224
23
21
15
6
1,311 1080
231
Forsyth
0
0
0
269
55
0
269
55
0
Franklin
835
768
276
638
485
406
11,718 10427 6046
Fulton
31
12
19
0
0
0
262
141
121
Gilmer
4
4
0
0
0
0
36
36
0
Glascock
307
304
51
73
53
15
1,456 1490
222
Glynn
151
147
4
0
0
0
1,188 1027
161
Gordon
21
15
10
88
101
271
373
279
399
Grady
42
25
17
0
0
0
261
128
138
Greene
1,384
1,392
535
201
190
315
11,303 10,298 5,575
Gwinnett
26
24
2
0
0
0
429
406
23
Habersham
403
425
71
13
22
3
2,192 2,535
495
Hall
0
0
0
1
0
0
63
0
0
Hancock
61
52
9
4
2
2
576
472
104
Haralson
47
46
1
4
4
0
352
230
122
Harris
0
0
11
0
0
0
267
21
668
Hart
0
0
0
0
0
0
138
0
0
Heard
433
448
32
12
7
5
3,261 4027 1142
Henry
332
316
10
15
13
2
5,140 4646
433
Houston
18
15
3
1
1
0
76
38
38
Irwin
64
58
6
113
54
59
729
497
232
Jackson
10
5
5
5
1
4
160
101
59
Jasper
33
33
0
3
3
0
270
242
28
Jeff Davis
21
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Jefferson
9
9
0
1
1
0
102
95
7
Jenkins
13
0
0
24
0
0
138
0
0
Johnson
44
30
14
47
46
1
316
268
48
Jones
12
9
3
25
16
9
424
352
88
Lamar
10
10
0
0
0
0
111
60
51
Lanier
171
171
0
4
4
0
1,091 1091
0
Laurens
69
69
0
16
16
0
294
283
11
Lee
225
172
53
179
110
55
1,344
862
453
Liberty
39
42
3
14
8
0
117
107
12
Lincoln
0
0
0
0
0
0
196
0
0
Long
191
151
40
522
271
251
2,020 1094
926
Lowndes
21
20
1
50
34
16
328
256
72
Lumpkin
8
8
0
12
12
0
170
167
3
Macon
22
18
8
2
3
3
210
185
117
Madison
8
8
0
0
0
0
85
85
0
Marion
47
43
8
0
0
0
352
289
110
McDuffie
11
8
6
104
79
40
270
246
236
McIntosh
24
24
0
140
138
2
461
447
13
Meriwether
16
16
0
3
3
0
90
90
0
Miller
41
41
0
7
0
7
438
303
135
Mitchell
33
31
3
2
3
0
499
467
50
Monroe
1
0
1
10
5
5
67
52
15
Montgomery
53
48
5
3
3
0
204
189
15
Morgan
125
112
13
116
93
23
991
847
144
Murray
226
214
109
124
106
87
4,786 5539 1513
Muscogee
128
129
21
115
95
28
2,027 2425
424
Newton
176
171
5
13
11
2
587
521
66
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 2005 (number of children)
Delinquent Filed Disposed Open
Unruly Filed Disposed Open
Termination of Parental Rights Filed Disposed Open
Deprived Filed Disposed Open
57 818
82 171
90 79 234 29 115
8 28 82 1,177 465 21 108 116 488 357 26 450 24
6 309
27 57 61 328 365 237
5 0 826 31 153 52 249 333 665 543 52 178 263 9 17 101 912 68 22 51 138 72,169
51 635
51 139
34 29 207 26 86
5 19 76 1,041 470 20
0 27 442 342 26 439 24
4 283
26 56 59 304 260 150
0 0 808 0 0 35 233 311 650 525 45 171 272 9 17 102 918 61 21 46 98 66,792
58 431
31 73 56 419 27
3 29
3 9 6 136 113 1 0 89 46 15 0 11 0 2 77 1 7 2 24 105 87 5 0 1,228 0 0 17 16 117 139 618 7 63 53 0 0 67 266 7 1 25 40 23,017
44 273
13 108
52 9
108 4
49 5
13 6
197 68 11 70 19 81 80 7
127 0 4 0
10 10 21 40 74 13
6 74 185 18
0 20 27 205 287 132 56 161 104
2 11 62 350 15 5 39 52 23,624
29 216
8 95 40
3 103
4 31
3 6 5 150 117 11 0 2 81 78 7 127 0 4 0 10 9 21 32 34 10 4 0 169 0 0 11 25 276 251 128 56 138 82 2 8 50 361 13 5 25 36 20,224
38 99
5 52 12 12
5 0 18 2 7 1 47 8 0 0 17 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 8 39 3 2 0 436 0 0 9 2 31 76 246 0 48 22 0 3 20 108 2 0 47 16 7,659
1
0
1
12
17
3
8
0
8
12
5
6
0
0
0
9
4
16
13
9
4
0
0
0
11
4
7
0
0
0
3
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
27
13
3
1
1
0
0
0
0
3
0
3
23
7
16
5
5
0
0
0
0
10
10
0
1
0
1
1
1
0
2
3
1
18
17
1
0
0
0
9
9
0
9
9
0
0
0
0
6
4
2
2
0
2
0
0
0
0
3
16
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
3
12
9
3
10
3
8
8
10
1
8
9
4
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
3
1
32
32
17
1
1
0
0
0
0
8
0
8
0
0
0
1,616 1,344
769
37 590
29 132
14 79 390 25 49
9 104
12 153 182
4 0 115 811 59 2 61 5 11 31 39 18 29 126 87 122 31 0 354 9 17 36 83 228 203 131 33 53 51 2 11 132 543 15 86 50 42 32,832
34 497
19 85
3 20 317 17 17
4 26
8 138 209
3 0 4 790 50 2 54 4 3 36 39 8 29 118 6 76 0 0 327 0 0 7 72 232 177 99 30 28 20 2 8 89 521 14 86 49 22 26,550
37 269
10 186
11 480
73 8
32 5
78 4
15 37
1 0 111 21 9 0 7 1 8 62 0 10 0 8 81 46 31 0 586 0 0 29 11 64 40 262 3 110 62 0 3 93 138 1 0 16 20 15,629
Juvenile Court Caseload Calendar Year 2005 (number of children)
Filed
Traffic Disposed Open
Special Proceedings Filed Disposed Open
Total Filed Disposed Open
County
13
9
18
0
0
0
152
123
152
Oglethorpe
167
149
58
9
4
6
1,869 1518
866
Paulding
44
44
0
113
31
82
289
153
136
Peach
64
65
11
28
16
20
515
405
348
Pickens
22
10
12
0
0
0
178
87
91
Pierce
31
30
87
73
14
79
280
100 1093
Pike
77
70
7
17
15
2
839
721
118
Polk
4
4
0
7
3
4
69
54
15
Pulaski
20
19
1
0
0
0
244
157
87
Putnam
0
0
0
0
0
0
22
12
10
Quitman
24
18
6
0
0
0
172
72
100
Rabun
13
11
2
0
0
0
113
100
13
Randolph
369
367
2
0
0
0
1,896 1696
200
Richmond
126
132
22
24
25
5
892
966
188
Rockdale
5
5
0
5
5
0
47
45
2
Schley
30
0
0
0
0
0
208
0
0
Screven
18
7
11
0
0
0
271
40
231
Seminole
58
58
0
5
2
3
1,466 1380
86
Spalding
25
25
0
0
0
0
526
500
26
Stephens
14
12
2
8
8
0
57
55
2
Stewart
50
50
0
68
68
0
766
748
18
Sumter
15
14
1
0
0
0
45
42
3
Talbot
10
9
1
0
0
0
32
21
11
Taliaferro
28
35
21
1
6
4
371
363
167
Tattnall
11
11
0
1
0
1
106
103
3
Taylor
23
13
11
3
2
0
2
100
84
23
Telfair
19
18
1
32
27
5
171
163
8
Terrell
134
118
16
3
3
0
640
584
56
Thomas
155
86
70
0
0
0
681
386
295
Tift
17
9
8
3
1
2
398
250
148
Toombs
4
1
3
0
0
0
48
5
43
Towns
0
0
0
0
0
0
74
0
0
Treutlen
148
138
388
19
18
77
1,532 1463 2731
Troup
21
0
0
2
0
0
81
0
0
Turner
0
0
0
0
0
0
170
0
0
Twiggs
24
17
7
3
1
2
138
71
67
Union
64
61
3
0
0
0
435
400
35
Upson
139
149
39
12
10
1
927
981
260
Walker
141
140
25
84
93
39
1,388 1321
320
Walton
37
40
80
5
5
0
856
806 1210
Ware
6
6
0
1
1
0
149
139
10
Warren
39
42
6
5
3
2
436
382
229
Washington
47
26
8
0
0
0
465
402
145
Wayne
2
2
0
6
6
0
21
21
0
Webster
1
1
0
4
0
4
44
34
10
Wheeler
25
20
14
6
2
8
329
266
203
White
402
405
52
509
485
199
2,748 2722
780
Whitfield
3
3
0
0
0
0
102
92
10
Wilcox
15
15
0
1
1
0
129
128
1
Wilkes
5
4
2
0
0
0
153
124
98
Wilkinson
58
38
20
0
0
0
290
194
96
Worth
16,294 15,244 4,986
6,120 4,561 3,282
152,655 134,715 55,342
Total
24
Bulloch County Courthouse
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 2005 (docket entries)
County
Letters of Admin.
No Admin. Necessary
Will Probate
Year's Support
Guardianship
Petitions
Custodial
Citations
Appling
20
1
27
2
37
0
0
0
Atkinson1
0
0
3
0
2
2
0
0
Bacon
6
0
30
4
25
2
0
0
Baker3
0
0
9
2
3
0
0
0
Baldwin
52
4
92
13
96
8
0
0
Banks
12
0
34
5
55
1
0
2
Barrow
28
9
124
6
135
0
0
2
Bartow
103
4
163
18
126
10
0
0
Ben Hill
24
2
42
0
25
2
0
0
Berrien
22
0
49
2
15
0
6
2
Bibb
131
12
461
66
174
31
9
25
Bleckley
3
4
36
0
6
0
0
0
Brantley
24
0
34
12
30
2
0
0
Brooks
16
4
48
3
21
3
0
0
Bryan
39
1
52
9
94
2
3
0
Bulloch
40
9
146
4
106
8
0
0
Burke
22
4
50
9
5
0
0
1
Butts
10
1
38
6
32
1
0
0
Calhoun
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
Camden
38
11
141
4
57
14
0
0
Candler
18
1
28
6
10
1
0
0
Carroll
90
7
262
17
235
22
0
3
Catoosa
37
7
106
4
41
0
0
0
Charlton
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
26
Chatham
713
112
1,465
264
1,770
47
8
1,574
Chattahoochee
3
1
6
1
22
1
6
0
Chattooga
52
0
51
6
20
0
0
0
Cherokee
132
10
349
23
179
13
0
0
Clarke
56
5
292
19
87
6
0
0
Clay
4
2
12
0
2
0
0
0
Clayton
143
22
305
57
297
16
0
125
Clinch
6
0
18
2
2
0
0
0
Cobb
325
39
1,105
50
296
34
0
0
Coffee
40
5
83
2
58
2
0
0
Colquitt
41
18
104
6
66
4
0
0
Columbia3
25
6
105
45
63
5
0
0
Cook
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
Coweta
67
15
261
27
161
18
0
5
Crawford
18
1
29
6
11
9
0
0
Crisp
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
Dade
12
1
31
0
23
0
0
0
Dawson
14
3
40
4
27
3
0
0
Decatur
40
2
72
4
26
6
0
0
DeKalb
1,107
161
1,932
284
1,507
86
6
47
Dodge
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
Dooly3
7
7
22
6
5
0
0
0
Dougherty
131
4
235
15
267
20
0
8
Douglas
67
17
219
18
181
3
0
0
Early
7
4
25
2
19
2
0
0
Echols
0
1
2
0
11
0
0
0
Effingham
38
3
118
38
112
27
0
0
Elbert
18
4
58
12
38
2
0
1
Emanuel
21
9
67
2
23
4
0
0
Evans
12
1
29
1
12
3
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 2005 (docket entries)
Misc.
Inventories
Mental Health
Habeas Corpus
Total Dockets
Licenses Marriage Firearm
County
8
12
8
2
117
174
218
Appling
0
0
0
0
7
16
11
Atkinson1
7
9
4
0
87
98
100
Bacon
0
2
4
0
20
24
30
Baker3
49
122
160
0
596
364
401
Baldwin
5
23
11
0
148
106
205
Banks
34
85
17
3
443
479
544
Barrow
46
2
67
0
539
831
948
Bartow
21
8
7
0
131
202
128
Ben Hill
1
0
8
0
105
177
191
Berrien
405
566
34
0
1,914
1,341
813
Bibb
6
1
5
0
61
83
178
Bleckley
6
4
0
0
112
139
159
Brantley
36
19
15
3
168
128
90
Brooks
12
5
9
0
226
182
292
Bryan
150
39
60
0
562
548
316
Bulloch
1
11
0
0
103
173
188
Burke
13
14
6
0
121
147
238
Butts
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
Calhoun
97
78
0
1
441
1,126
412
Camden
0
0
0
0
64
111
61
Candler
130
144
55
0
965
751
952
Carroll
27
0
0
0
222
1,744
561
Catoosa
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
Charlton
1,442
236
39
0
7,670
2,478
1,234
Chatham
27
0
7
0
0
47
99
46
Chattahoochee
2
9
21
77
238
234
318
Chattooga
685
405
85
0
1,881
1,080
1,085
Cherokee
105
36
31
0
637
1,049
517
Clarke
2
12
0
0
34
21
43
Clay
483
710
95
0
2,253
1,543
1,729
Clayton
22
14
0
0
64
68
41
Clinch
399
282
157
0
2,687
5,526
3,270
Cobb
60
38
21
0
309
419
314
Coffee
39
109
36
0
423
359
252
Colquitt
11
13
0
0
273
516
567
Columbia3
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
Cook
113
291
25
0
983
812
988
Coweta
0
3
12
2
91
109
110
Crawford
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
Crisp
19
8
5
0
99
330
162
Dade
16
1
0
0
108
130
266
Dawson
12
48
30
7
247
229
204
Decatur
10,832
2,412
519
0
18,893
4,744
3,605
DeKalb
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
Dodge
1
5
3
0
56
61
62
Dooly3
109
100
215
0
1,104
841
581
Dougherty
14
292
0
0
811
1,046
1,053
Douglas
13
1
12
20
105
108
117
Early
6
0
2
0
22
77
40
Echols
57
103
0
0
496
355
418
Effingham
14
10
22
0
179
169
183
Elbert
73
20
29
0
248
222
249
Emanuel
18
9
4
0
93
102
125
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 2005 (docket entries)
County
Letters of Admin.
No Admin. Necessary
Will Probate
Year's Support
Guardianship
Petitions
Custodial
Citations
Fannin
24
3
62
4
31
1
0
0
Fayette
42
5
196
24
114
10
0
0
Floyd2
44
5
136
74
44
11
0
0
Forsyth
48
6
241
10
153
10
0
20
Franklin
37
2
69
6
55
0
0
0
Fulton
1,141
105
1,676
97
1,329
71
4
40
Gilmer
8
2
71
4
19
2
0
0
Glascock
5
0
8
0
10
0
0
0
Glynn
84
1
300
57
83
14
4
0
Gordon
38
13
103
4
44
0
0
0
Grady
35
5
79
1
19
4
0
0
Greene
19
4
56
1
31
1
0
0
Gwinnett
281
22
783
84
1,225
87
1
89
Habersham
35
4
119
8
35
3
0
0
Hall
76
10
369
29
204
22
0
0
Hancock
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
Haralson
38
1
94
9
55
5
0
0
Harris
16
4
74
7
38
2
0
0
Hart
17
4
80
7
32
5
0
16
Heard
10
2
28
8
17
0
0
0
Henry
80
11
270
43
499
11
12
5
Houston
83
8
248
19
158
23
7
13
Irwin
1
3
7
0
2
0
0
0
Jackson
28
Jasper
Jeff Davis
45
7
103
14
118
14
0
0
12
1
34
9
29
2
0
0
21
2
28
2
19
3
0
5
Jefferson3
7
7
34
3
18
1
1
0
Jenkins
3
3
32
4
25
1
0
0
Johnson
7
0
27
1
17
5
0
0
Jones
23
0
69
10
57
0
0
0
Lamar
22
1
51
1
36
9
0
0
Lanier
3
4
13
0
22
2
0
0
Laurens
43
9
92
2
38
0
0
0
Lee
13
0
32
1
42
0
0
0
Liberty
119
6
136
15
383
5
1
2
Lincoln
9
1
23
2
16
0
0
0
Long
8
0
17
1
31
0
0
0
Lowndes
125
11
214
28
110
19
0
0
Lumpkin
24
1
53
2
66
3
0
0
Macon
7
0
20
2
3
1
0
3
Madison
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
Marion
5
1
16
3
6
1
0
0
McDuffie
26
2
63
5
66
2
0
0
McIntosh
16
1
33
6
10
4
8
6
Meriwether
22
4
71
5
43
5
0
0
Miller
2
0
19
0
5
0
0
0
Mitchell
22
2
54
4
26
4
0
0
Monroe
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
Montgomery
7
2
19
0
7
1
0
0
Morgan
8
7
44
6
46
1
0
0
Murray
34
2
70
3
29
1
0
0
Muscogee
169
5
512
72
101
37
0
0
Newton
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
Oconee
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
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 2005 (docket entries)
Misc.
Inventories
Mental Health
Habeas Corpus
Total Dockets
Licenses Marriage Firearm
County
0
21
13
0
159
170
386
Fannin
44
210
14
0
659
710
987
Fayette
93
38
33
0
478
251
283
Floyd2
30
112
31
0
661
902
1,112
Forsyth
35
10
0
0
214
113
209
Franklin
7,618
1,624
115
0
13,820
5,079
3,872
Fulton
14
4
0
1
125
246
351
Gilmer
1
3
2
0
29
19
33
Glascock
189
100
63
0
895
1,075
582
Glynn
13
20
6
0
241
490
380
Gordon
34
20
35
0
232
220
148
Grady
10
11
6
0
139
121
116
Greene
1,010
1,230
193
0
5,005
6,119
4,472
Gwinnett
18
18
19
0
259
293
337
Habersham
110
214
50
0
1,084
1,178
987
Hall
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
Hancock
36
21
32
0
291
234
346
Haralson
30
0
9
0
180
220
277
Harris
43
30
21
0
255
159
291
Hart
1
16
11
5
98
97
139
Heard
117
718
39
0
1,805
1,406
1,548
Henry
334
320
79
0
1,292
989
1,013
Houston
0
0
0
0
13
77
120
Irwin
24
56
28
0
409
378
556
Jackson
8
6
12
0
113
90
193
Jasper
29
12
17
0
0
109
144
101
Jeff Davis
24
3
10
0
108
107
78
Jefferson3
1
22
0
0
91
76
105
Jenkins
1
0
5
1
64
47
95
Johnson
82
45
10
0
296
163
270
Jones
11
16
20
0
167
134
133
Lamar
6
5
2
0
57
107
80
Lanier
0
0
28
0
212
381
343
Laurens
6
0
3
2
99
174
257
Lee
6
120
21
0
814
644
247
Liberty
5
1
5
0
62
42
69
Lincoln
5
9
6
0
77
62
52
Long
41
48
63
0
659
1,462
443
Lowndes
53
23
18
0
243
264
287
Lumpkin
12
3
6
0
57
83
101
Macon
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
Madison
3
21
6
0
62
68
105
Marion
26
14
10
0
214
211
220
McDuffie
76
8
16
10
194
74
99
McIntosh
37
27
21
0
235
163
264
Meriwether
9
4
11
0
50
85
48
Miller
33
7
13
4
169
175
131
Mitchell
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
Monroe
4
0
0
0
40
63
87
Montgomery
15
4
5
0
136
116
103
Morgan
16
0
0
0
155
456
383
Murray
90
114
180
0
1,280
1,552
872
Muscogee
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
Newton
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
Oconee
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Probate Court Civil Caseload for Calendar Year 2005 (docket entries)
County
Letters of Admin.
No Admin. Necessary
Will Probate
Year's Support
Guardianship
Petitions
Custodial
Citations
Oglethorpe
13
0
43
0
32
0
0
1
Paulding
61
17
170
12
96
10
2
1
Peach
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
Pickens1
5
1
19
1
11
1
1
0
Pierce
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
Pike
17
0
39
11
28
0
0
0
Polk
60
2
128
6
69
3
0
0
Pulaski
13
6
25
1
13
0
0
0
Putnam
24
1
62
8
44
4
2
1
Quitman
0
2
5
0
1
0
0
0
Rabun
12
5
62
3
35
4
0
3
Randolph
7
1
20
0
13
0
0
0
Richmond
220
32
425
146
149
25
0
38
Rockdale
72
8
196
24
198
0
0
0
Schley3
8
0
13
0
9
3
0
0
Screven
27
4
41
6
29
4
9
0
Seminole
9
8
40
2
0
1
0
0
Spalding
67
4
162
30
104
14
0
0
Stephens
29
5
101
6
25
3
0
0
Stewart
4
0
12
0
2
0
0
0
Sumter
26
14
89
5
37
2
0
2
Talbot
14
1
19
0
6
0
0
0
Taliaferro
3
0
6
0
1
0
0
0
Tattnall
30
Taylor3
Telfair
25
2
65
5
33
6
0
0
14
0
22
1
12
0
4
0
15
1
33
2
16
1
0
7
Terrell
15
1
19
0
4
0
2
0
Thomas
38
3
117
6
30
8
0
0
Tift
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
Toombs
32
8
64
1
44
6
0
0
Towns
18
1
41
5
18
3
0
0
Treutlen
5
0
10
0
6
0
0
0
Troup
49
19
196
30
96
17
0
2
Turner
3
1
18
0
5
1
0
0
Twiggs
17
1
22
3
16
0
0
0
Union
16
1
65
1
34
3
0
0
Upson
83
9
127
8
27
6
0
0
Walker
60
8
179
7
87
5
0
0
Walton
53
12
195
17
146
13
0
12
Ware
22
12
97
9
55
0
0
0
Warren
20
1
22
0
7
1
3
0
Washington
15
1
55
1
21
1
0
7
Wayne
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
Webster2
0
1
3
0
0
0
0
0
Wheeler
11
1
19
1
1
1
0
0
White
23
9
63
4
27
11
0
0
Whitfield
91
6
207
0
64
10
0
0
Wilcox
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
Wilkes
17
1
43
4
39
2
0
0
Wilkinson
13
1
23
1
21
0
0
0
Worth
17
2
81
2
70
0
0
2
Total
8,161
1,046
19,421
2,152
13,962
992
99
2,074
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 2005 (docket entries)
Misc.
Inventories
Mental Health
Habeas Corpus
Total Dockets
Licenses Marriage Firearm
County
4
62
7
0
162
80
265
Oglethorpe
68
131
31
0
599
863
997
Paulding
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
Peach
0
0
5
0
44
58
60
Pickens1
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
Pierce
0
5
6
0
106
148
262
Pike
72
20
36
0
396
335
333
Polk
13
0
0
0
71
56
87
Pulaski
25
82
46
0
299
154
288
Putnam
0
0
1
0
9
13
24
Quitman
39
77
23
1
264
131
265
Rabun
3
3
0
0
47
63
76
Randolph
192
258
87
0
1,572
1,554
907
Richmond
178
0
4
0
680
674
780
Rockdale
0
0
0
0
33
23
17
Schley3
3
15
5
0
143
119
92
Screven
0
8
0
0
68
148
102
Seminole
85
78
25
0
569
510
607
Spalding
44
18
23
0
254
209
295
Stephens
2
1
0
0
21
29
59
Stewart
26
26
14
0
241
263
242
Sumter
0
3
0
2
45
39
65
Talbot
1
0
2
0
13
4
21
Taliaferro
30
10
15
0
191
173
152
Tattnall
3
2
23
0
81
46
87
Taylor3
31
14
7
4
0
100
119
107
Telfair
5
2
10
4
62
68
115
Terrell
47
35
474
0
758
523
250
Thomas
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
Tift
11
33
40
0
239
299
260
Toombs
28
2
5
0
121
61
146
Towns
0
0
10
0
31
59
44
Treutlen
50
56
93
0
608
541
520
Troup
14
30
19
0
91
64
58
Turner
6
3
3
6
77
61
119
Twiggs
23
20
0
5
168
167
328
Union
14
14
16
0
304
225
207
Upson
33
72
28
0
479
281
481
Walker
35
49
44
7
583
468
799
Walton
0
0
0
0
195
459
301
Ware
0
7
2
2
65
29
51
Warren
9
0
17
0
127
171
196
Washington
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
Wayne
0
0
0
0
4
8
15
Webster2
0
0
2
0
36
47
21
Wheeler
1
8
19
0
165
321
222
White
141
112
35
0
666
410
553
Whitfield
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
Wilcox
51
17
14
0
188
70
116
Wilkes
1
7
12
0
79
51
95
Wilkinson
37
19
6
0
236
173
237
Worth
27,295
12,923
4,309
165
92,599
69,527 59,650
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 2005 (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
Atkinson1
0
0
0
0
0
0
304
0 340
5
0 0
304
345
Baker3
0
0
0
0
0
0
226 11 500 16
0 0
226
527
Banks
0
0
0
0
0
0
3,496 1,345 1,473 220
5 12
3,496 3,055
Barrow
0
0
0
0
0
0
3,344 3,919
0 386
9 168
3,344 4,482
Bartow
382 271 20 35
0
0
7,958 6,878 405 279
0 1
8,340 7,889
Ben Hill
33 24
5
1
0
0
1,288 828 246 18
0 0
1,321 1,122
Berrien
0
0
0
0
0
0
0 0
0
0
0 0
0
0
Bleckley
323
0
0
0
0
0
629 350 263
0
12 0
952
625
Brantley
124 31 18 25
0
0
1,615 494 539 140
0 0
1,739 1,247
Butts
234 46 93 66
0
0
4,281 830 2,864 547
0 0
4,515 4,446
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
0
0
Camden
286 30 31 39
0
0
5,579 362 3,713 215
0 0
5,865 4,390
Catoosa
12
3
0
4
0
0
8,380 2,948 3,379 1,480
0 0
8,392 7,814
Chattahoochee 0
0
0
0
0
0
5,272 641 5,149 72
17 14
5,272 5,893
Clay
30
0 27
3
0
0
480 40 389 16
0 0
510
475
Columbia3
15
6
8
1
0
0
2,025 3,116 2,181 442
18 110
2,040 5,882
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
0
0
Crawford
85 51
2
9
0
0
1,191 817 105 103
0 1
1,276 1,088
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
0
0
Dade
24 12
9
3
0
5
3,148 1,093 807 382
3 11
3,172 2,325
Dawson
84 16 35 24
0
0
2,233 1,183 821 90
0 4
2,317 2,173
32
Dekalb Dodge
0
0
0
0
N/R N/R N/R N/R
0
0
N/R N/R
0 0
0
0
N/R N/R N/R N/R
0 0 N/R N/R
0
0
0
0
Dooly3
0
0
0
0
0
0
6,593 5,765 294 97
54 35
6,593 6,245
Echols
95 28 24
3
0
0
1,178 401 468 56
0 0
1,273
980
Fannin
58 47
0
6
0
0
1,126 834
0 64
1 4
1,184
956
Floyd2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0 402 2,685 47
0 0
0 3,134
Franklin
340 12 274
7
0
0
2,798 88 2,195 81
0 0
3,138 2,657
Gilmer
110 49
6
4
0
0
2,451 1,954 52 29
0 0
2,561 2,094
Glascock
4
1
3
0
0
0
315 64 274 30
0 0
319
372
Gordon
465 178 21 64
0
0
8,295 6,556 513 136
6 13
8,760 7,487
Grady
4
2
0
2
0
0
34 32
0
0
0 0
38
36
Greene
45
7 18
5
0
0
3,086 179 1,799 70
0 0
3,131 2,078
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
0
0
Haralson
4
0
0
1
0
0
2,199 91 1,458 156
31 26
2,203 1,763
Harris
126 119
0
4
2
1
2,407 2,309 30 127
25 16
2,533 2,633
Hart
93 13 94
1
0
0
1,245 400 846 56
0 0
1,338 1,410
Heard
3
2
0
0
0
0
1,362 266 643 38
36 46
1,365 1,031
Irwin
27 23
0
0
0
0
1,134 993
2 37
0 0
1,161 1,055
Jasper
160 12 140
8
7
0
763 104 636 23
13 0
923
943
Johnson
8
8 36
0
1
0
1,618 137 1,467 28
8 17
1,626 1,702
Jones
116 40 63 43
0
1
2,182 429 1,418 277
0 3
2,298 2,274
Lamar
367 273 58 10
3 18
2,402 646 1,769 37
5 35
2,769 2,854
Lanier
0
0
0
0
0
0
2,061 434 1,059 120
12 0
2,061 1,625
Laurens
0
0
0
0
0
0
10,621 5,447 25 476
0 0
10,621 5,948
Lee
194 42 19 33
3 18
1,931 1,055 424 157
16 44
2,125 1,811
Lincoln
19
1
0
0
0
0
806 716 16 54
0 0
825
787
Lumpkin
75 39
2
4
0
0
1,719 1,127 66 69
1 2
1,794 1,310
This report contains only the courts who have jurisdiction over criminal cases.
1One quarter reported 2Two quarters reported 3Three quarters reported N/R = Not Reported
Probate Court Criminal Caseload for Calendar Year 2005 (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
Macon
3
3
0
0
0
0
846 723
0
1
0 0
849
727
Madison
N/R N/R N/R N/R
N/R N/R
N/R N/R N/R N/R N/R N/R
0
0
Marion
13
8
3
0
0
0
1,049 885 63 44
0 0
1,062 1,003
McDuffie
0
0
0
0
0
0
4,285 1,759 2,118 229
8 25
4,285 4,139
Meriwether
83 50
9 14
0
1
1,877 1,291 330 114
0 4
1,960 1,813
Monroe
N/R N/R N/R N/R
N/R N/R
N/R N/R N/R N/R N/R N/R
0
0
Montgomery
1
1
0
0
0
0
364 328
0 27
0 0
365
356
Morgan
147 84
0
9
4
1
5,292 1,132 3,723 121
11 0
5,439 5,085
Murray
1,333 1,302 166
8
0
0
3,076 2,571 175 60
0 0
4,409 4,282
Newton
120 104
2 14
14 104
3,775 3,546 141 88
88 155
3,895 4,256
Oconee
N/R N/R N/R N/R
N/R N/R
N/R N/R N/R N/R N/R N/R
0
0
Oglethorpe
37 12 11
2
0
1
1,346 409 754 56
4 12
1,383 1,261
Paulding
0
0
0
0
0
0
10,951 5,285 3,444 1,523
8 367
10,951 10,627
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
0
0
Pickens1
0
0
0
0
0
0
944 120 551 86
0 2
944
759
Pike
0
0
0
0
0
0
1,527 1,226 630 192
0 10
1,527 2,058
Polk
73 37
0
0
1
1
3,972 2,664
0 124
39 14
4,045 2,880
Pulaski
303 263 11 29
0
0
584 523 19 42
0 0
887
887
Quitman
0
0
0
0
0
0
381 612
7 54
0 0
381
673
Rabun
40 23
4
2
0
1
723 308 316 46
0 7
763
707
Randolph
0
0
0
0
0
0
1,515 1,448 1,448 67
67 1,448
1,515 4,478
Schley3 Seminole
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
328
2 83
0
1,024 62 906 27
0 2 9 20
328 1,024
87 1,024
33
Stewart
31 21
6
2
0
0
2,155 1,579 494 45
0 0
2,186 2,147
Talbot
0
0
0
0
0
0
2,411 258 2,075 79
0 0
2,411 2,412
Taliaferro
41 22 10
8
0
1
5,475 3,373 1,811 285
1 6
5,516 5,517
Taylor3
14
7
0
3
0
4
1,242 1,204
7 76
0 16
1,256 1,317
Telfair
49
9
9
7
0
0
979 362 458 217
0 0
1,028 1,062
Terrell
23 18
6
0
0
0
2,194 886 1,155 27
0 0
2,217 2,092
Thomas
36 27
0
3
0
0
0 0
0
0
0 0
36
30
Towns
63 64
3
4
0
0
577 353 42 21
0 0
640
487
Twiggs
137 89
2
9
0
0
994 816
3 63
0 0
1,131
982
Union
193 79 57
9
0
1
1,350 645 301 61
0 18
1,543 1,171
Upson
0
0
0
0
0
0
3,845 519 3,068 245
0 2
3,845 3,834
Walton
404 193 60 159
1 23
4,612 2,462 1,578 455
13 81
5,016 5,025
Warren
0
0
4
0
0
0
1,910 473 1,413 84
4 0
1,910 1,978
Webster2
15 11
4
3
2 13
486 230 124 51
0 0
501
438
Wheeler
28
9
5
3
0
0
736 493 114 17
0 0
764
641
White
0
0
0
0
0
0
897 584
5 47
0 0
897
636
Whitfield
197 78 11 13
0
0
7,950 5,162 508 217
0 0
8,147 5,989
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
0
0
Wilkes
33
9 30
2
0
1
1,119 434 650 68
1 8
1,152 1,203
Wilkinson
28
5 12
9
3
2
821 138 303 274
0 11
849
757
Total
7,390 3,914 1,431 717
41 197
193,387 100,149 70,130 11,909 525 2,770
200,777 191,783
This report contains only the courts who have jurisdiction over criminal cases.
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 2005
County
Filed
Appling
901
Atkinson
277
Bacon
439
Baker3
97
Baldwin
2,200
Banks
214
Barrow
945
Bartow
1,884
Ben Hill
907
Berrien
524
Bibb
3,924
Bleckley
602
Brantley
357
Brooks
574
Bryan3
229
Bulloch
1,253
Burke3
618
Butts
514
Calhoun
N/R
Camden
763
Candler3
316
Carroll
2,510
Catoosa
730
Charlton
205
Chatham 5,708
Chattahoochee 33
Chattooga
413
Cherokee 1,950
Clarke
3,705
Clay
44
Clayton
4,235
Clinch
213
Cobb
5,698
Coffee3
1,909
Colquitt
1,890
Columbia 1,234
Cook2
340
Coweta
2,833
Crawford3
248
Crisp
1,086
Dade
197
Dawson
376
Decatur
925
DeKalb
8,207
Dodge
677
Dooly
553
Dougherty 4,430
Douglas
1,873
Early
409
Echols
39
Effingham
583
Elbert
608
Emanuel
831
Evans
340
Claims Disposed by: Non-Trial Trial
817 125 394
69 1,625
176 766 438 854 237 5,501 571 180 551 143 1,090
88 221 N/R 626
71 2,043
244 201 7,538
15 131 117 1,314
33 1,798
165 2,775 1,330
20 473 137 2,356 103 617 108 113 828 3,229 177 195 2,640 1,482 343
6 333 451
0 305
84 12 45
1 252
8 179
99 56 65 339 31 45 23 86 163
0 80 N/R 137 33 467 59
7 862
0 34 635 665
9 278
53 66 91 222 359 19 340 32 158 38 124 97 1,683 57
4 752 140
66 3
132 44 17 35
Dispossessories and Distress Warrants
Disposed by: Filed Non-Trial Trial
96 49 82 18 633 137 1,282 2,133 405 159 3,795 54 113 123 155 1,855 250 434 N/R 817 76 1,900 1,202 73 7,969 36 248 2,825 2,264 16 17,425 35 5,772 365 593 952 101 2,942 67 612 53 271 343 1,738 85 68 5,819 4,138 101 15 294 237 274 97
64 20 58
1 425 125 1,241 1,590 175
72 4,507
51 56 116 114 1,575 12 225 N/R 712 57 1,296 884 68 6,222 28 174 1,213 1,117 17 12,307 17 3,720 312
5 871
41 3,205
44 475
17 127 338
0 0 17 3,326 3,914 88 2 223 89 103 71
32 2
24 0
188 11 41
342 35 18
456 3
45 7
41 280
0 137 N/R 105
1 604 176
3 1,262
6 68 664 592
4 252
18 4
26 78 59
7 429
6 36 10 55
4 0 33 2 1,443 100 13 0 71 16 107 26
Garnishments Disposed by:
Filed Non-Trial Trial
Foreclosures and Attachments Disposed by:
Filed Non-Trial Trial
Total Civil Filings
53
53
0
40
35
5
1,090
57
37
0
3
0
0
386
158
158
0
12
11
1
691
4
1
0
1
0
0
120
1,209
0
2
44
27 13
4,086
51
50
1
10
8
2
412
215
203
12
155
151
4
2,597
415
31
5
83
52
2
4,515
503
462
8
22
15
2
1,837
185
51
0
6
2
2
874
2,631 2,446
21
159
70 20
10,509
36
36
0
20
19
1
712
41
19
0
20
6
8
531
73
73
0
6
6
0
776
44
44
0
7
5
2
435
520
509
11
50
40 10
3,678
124
56
0
47
2
0
1,039
145
29
0
137
128
0
1,230
N/R
N/R N/R
N/R N/R N/R
N/R
262
256
6
78
73
5
1,920
100
0
0
23
0
0
515
523
516
7
88
62 26
5,021
143
143
0
37
37
0
2,112
90
90
0
49
17
0
417
1,629 1,862
10
68
54
6
15,374
35
8
0
0
85
85
0
162
93
42
1
4
0
1
758
277
61
4
57
8 12
5,109
855
500
16
251
83 115
7,075
7
4
0
3
3
0
70
405
274
0
260
77
7
22,325
75
75
0
16
16
0
339
1,099
0
0 5,023 4,923
0
17,592
705
585
0
39
21
3
3,018
558
0
35
93
8 83
3,134
283
157
3
99
3
4
2,568
57
2
1
9
2
3
507
715
379
6
141
149
6
6,631
13
7
3
8
3
1
336
453
313
12
109
84
7
2,260
18
12
0
37
0
1
305
27
4
0
11
4
1
685
554
552
2
38
38
0
1,860
1
0
0 5,608
0
0
15,554
239
146
0
38
0
0
1,039
247
44
1
6
2
1
874
1,931 1,629
22
354
247 44
12,534
230
142
0
137
182
1
6,378
83
83
0
19
17
2
612
0
0
0
2
0
0
56
54
0
0
26
21
5
957
202
58
0
108
59
3
1,155
377
0
0
36
0 36
1,518
254
196
1
24
16
8
715
1One quarter reported 2Two quarters reported 3Three quarters reported N/R = Not Reported
Magistrate Court Civil Caseload for Calendar Year 2005
County
Filed
Claims Disposed by: Non-Trial Trial
Dispossessories and Distress Warrants
Disposed by: Filed Non-Trial Trial
Fannin
497
434
63
126
92
34
Fayette
772
611
111 1,133
957
141
Floyd
1,325 1,068
91 2,255 2,175
91
Forsyth
1,026
112
474
864
239
431
Franklin
454
205
2
151
95
21
Fulton2
5,366
0 2,871 24,474
0 8,361
Gilmer
626
364
66
223
113
71
Glascock
56
37
16
18
10
8
Glynn3
2,741 1,130 1,611 2,900 1,983
717
Gordon
858
281
111
883
371
255
Grady
1,176
848
104
259
181
23
Greene
369
140
117
164
107
49
Gwinnett 10,263 3,938 5,749 20,024 14,133 4,082
Habersham 576
96
48
235
27
37
Hall
2,602 1,983 1,048 2,797 2,564
703
Hancock
446
330
61
24
22
2
Haralson
516
160
117
395
104
149
Harris
336
158
110
119
82
39
Hart
769
594
106
231
214
17
Heard
220
167
65
131
60
73
Henry
2,455 1,821
206 4,190 1,791
112
Houston 2,533 1,882
490 2,094 1,842
375
Irwin
281
250
31
98
97
1
Jackson
36 Jasper
813 1,029
197
701
789
21
481
308
34
143
72
44
Jeff Davis
643
582
111
142
120
28
Jefferson
695
644
51
128
128
0
Jenkins
256
232
24
37
34
3
Johnson
270
230
33
73
34
5
Jones
650
391
159
242
159
47
Lamar
429
77
11
270
0
0
Lanier
257
89
14
115
44
2
Laurens
1,668 1,379
289
823
671
152
Lee
690
731
71
432
240
90
Liberty
1,151
803
209
999
421
94
Lincoln
136
129
7
31
26
3
Long
412
0
0
150
0
0
Lowndes 3,128 1,964
299 2,640 1,049
164
Lumpkin
565
270
226
246
226
171
Macon
640
879
57
259
375
18
Madison
528
292
177
280
127
133
Marion
196
94
13
61
31
5
McDuffie
578
158
83
401
176
21
McIntosh
272
178
42
145
57
52
Meriwether 609
454
82
287
210
70
Miller
184
108
35
48
20
1
Mitchell
1,176
230
72
422
6
17
Monroe
634
288
110
189
179
18
Montgomery 327
26
0
72
6
0
Morgan
450
276
64
190
132
55
Murray
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
Muscogee3 1,289
277
146
212
45
21
Newton
1,959 1,902
110 2,524 3,290
192
Oconee
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
Garnishments Disposed by:
Filed Non-Trial Trial
35
31
4
218
189
0
434 1,321
15
288
276 241
132
14
0
0
0
0
141
77
1
2
2
0
1,161 1,025
4
323
158
4
281
242
2
209
192
9
3,838 2,512
31
186
11
2
707
207
19
139
139
0
87
54
19
89
18
0
118
118
0
23
32
0
330
35
1
864
793
3
74
72
2
180
157
1
121
33
0
186
186
0
207
207
0
107
107
0
73
10
0
99
85
0
122
0
0
35
18
1
687
666
21
199
108
0
359
61
2
18
21
0
26
0
0
1,344 1,274
12
76
45
0
189
544
0
65
60
3
74
14
0
163
175
59
65
33
0
132
128
4
26
15
0
610
2
1
158
154
4
54
5
0
248
110
0
N/R
N/R N/R
551
20
0
497
329
2
N/R
N/R N/R
Foreclosures and Attachments Disposed by:
Filed Non-Trial Trial
19
19
0
215 186
0
70
58
3
9
12
0
4
3
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
2
2
0
106
78 28
44
30
4
45
29
2
8
6
2
3,300 3,262 94
12
1
0
286 289 25
12
11
1
8
6
0
7
6
1
27
25
2
8
5
2
298
0
0
234 250 17
12
12
0
494 291 163
27
10
7
12
10
2
53
53
0
8
8
0
14
3
1
3
3
0
19
0
0
5
0
0
86
53 33
27
21
3
182 130 35
1
49
1
12
0
0
341 341
0
17
15 14
34
53
1
20
18
1
8
3
1
0
0
0
15
5
6
77
66
5
10
3
2
44
0
1
36
36
0
8
0
0
31
18
5
N/R N/R N/R
164
0
0
61
51
5
N/R N/R N/R
Total Civil Filings
677 2,338 4,084 2,187
741 29,840
991 78
6,908 2,108 1,761
750 37,425
1,009 6,392
621 1,006
551 1,145
382 7,273 5,725
465 2,188
772 983 1,083 408 430 994 840 412 3,264 1,348 2,691 186 600 7,453 904 1,122 893 339 1,142 497 1,105 268 2,252 1,017 461 919 N/R 2,216 5,041 N/R
1One quarter reported 2Two quarters reported 3Three quarters reported N/R = Not Reported
Magistrate Court Civil Caseload for Calendar Year 2005
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 304
235
Paulding 1,197 1,066
Peach
920
518
Pickens
441
197
Pierce
425
24
Pike1
78
11
Polk
1,347
258
Pulaski
267
148
Putnam
902
408
Quitman
32
24
Rabun
381
162
Randolph
246
187
Richmond 5,951 4,598
Rockdale 1,964 1,515
Schley
229
180
Screven
484
212
Seminole
221
109
Spalding 1,447 1,900
Stephens1
111
0
Stewart
126
116
Sumter
2,315 3,040
Talbot
123
115
Taliaferro
65
43
Tattnall
531
497
Taylor3
142
126
Telfair
553
421
Terrell
368
0
Thomas
2,326 1,689
Tift
1,449 1,294
Toombs
1,244
406
Towns
89
36
Treutlen3
243
14
Troup
2,543 1,772
Turner
251
163
Twiggs
246
66
Union
241
12
Upson
715
444
Walker
261
0
Walton
1,211 1,029
Ware
985
889
Warren
145
80
Washington 996
709
Wayne
778
278
Webster3
172
98
Wheeler
192
103
White
414
373
Whitfield 2,410 2,323
Wilcox
355
235
Wilkes
363
222
Wilkinson
296
277
Worth1
240
0
Total
169,254 105,414
29
93
66
53 1,517 1,299
208
433
235
44
337
183
10
163
33
3
38
6
125
722
152
6
72
44
124
206
96
0
9
9
105
71
27
14
67
66
1,188 5,838 4,171
479 2,701 2,157
18
19
13
49
159
73
112
43
23
514 3,063 3,125
0
77
0
5
29
14
98
702
611
8
21
21
4
18
12
34
53
17
16
49
46
34
78
46
0
142
0
229
761
0
155 1,021
898
24
551
267
19
49
20
0
31
1
273 2,578 1,798
40
98
98
23
65
29
2
96
3
61
402
349
0
996
0
182 1,807 1,635
96
738
671
7
78
0
27
152
89
210
359
87
3
11
11
6
41
19
34
336
315
387 1,702 1,370
10
31
12
51
41
39
19
57
51
0
60
0
30,818 176,427 107,760
27 49 149 19 10
7 88
1 26
0 37
1 674 918
6 35 21 479
0 3 38 0 0 42 3 2 0 114 123 8 9 0 150 0 9 2 37 0 172 67 0 3 100 1 0 23 332 3 0 6 0 28,955
28
27
1
87
85
2
512
83
45
0
46
65
1
2,843
266
54
6
208
54
1
1,827
85
8
0
11
2
2
874
77
7
0
35
1
1
700
9
1
0
3
0
1
128
154
0
3
100
18 19
2,323
92
44
1
4
3
0
435
328
62
0
18
2
0
1,454
3
1
0
0
0
0
44
116
44
0
3
0
1
571
65
65
0
3
2
1
381
1,444
917
11
322
0
0
13,555
314
284
17
40
61 46
5,019
45
13
1
5
5
0
298
118
77
0
28
14
1
789
35
35
0
0
0
0
299
377
368
8
186
98 32
5,073
40
0
0
0
0
0
228
14
7
1
1
1
0
170
698
357
0
145
112
5
3,860
17
17
0
6
6
0
167
4
3
0
1
1
0
88
61
45
16
49
28 21
56
55
1
1
1
0
694
248 37
234
192
0
27
16
1
892
85
0
0
24
0
0
619
943
0
3
10
0
2
4,040
780
777
3
93
12 81
3,343
580
247
1
68
28
5
2,443
14
5
0
1
1
0
153
38
1
0
11
0
0
323
873
385
11
219
195 13
6,213
100
82
0
15
9
0
464
28
7
0
13
5
2
352
76
6
0
3
1
0
416
287
63
0
23
20
1
1,427
181
0
0
0
0
0
1,438
339
336
3
123
119
4
3,480
375
422
3
76
66 10
2,174
52
0
0
4
1
1
279
381
43
1
75
38 26
1,604
299
85
1
38
15
0
1,474
7
4
0
2
1
1
192
98
44
0
9
3
0
340
66
68
0
41
35
8
857
1,730 1,716
14
0
0
0
5,842
91
43
0
6
0
1
483
103
51
0
7
7
0
514
91
91
0
8
6
2
452
32
0
0
8
0
0
340
47,793 31,679 763 22,548 13,539 1,212 416,022
1One quarter reported 2Two quarters reported 3Three quarters reported N/R = Not Reported
Magistrate Court Criminal Caseload for Calendar Year 2005
Warrants Issued
County
Felony Arrest
Appling
441
Atkinson
235
Bacon
390
Baker3
27
Baldwin
1,438
Banks
354
Barrow
1,910
Bartow
2,990
Ben Hill
1,015
Berrien
476
Bibb
2,760
Bleckley
338
Brantley
831
Brooks
339
Bryan3
268
Bulloch
1,664
Burke3
635
Butts
619
Calhoun
N/R
Camden
1,057
Candler3
202
Carroll
1,778
Catoosa
38 Charlton
1,410 546
Chatham
381
Chattahoochee
32
Chattooga
504
Cherokee
3,064
Clarke
2,453
Clay
96
Clayton
4,856
Clinch
234
Cobb
12,760
Coffee3
346
Colquitt
1,062
Columbia
1,186
Cook2
225
Coweta
3,103
Crawford3
117
Crisp
807
Dade
280
Dawson
554
Decatur
632
DeKalb
10,903
Dodge
440
Dooly
240
Dougherty
1,460
Douglas
3,260
Early
336
Echols
73
Effingham
912
Elbert
731
Emanuel
403
Evans
272
Misdemeanor Arrest
326 132 377
49 1,447
549 2,202 4,547
497 305 2,716 198 409 385 282 2,323 611 622 N/R 1,489 234 1,616 2,564 306 910
84 859 2,852 4,388
53 12,172
104 17,143
127 1,239
947 445 1,855
57 736 309 836 678 14,669 303
81 3,837 3,390
486 35
1,201 975 273 241
Good Behavior
15 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0
12 0
39 24
0 7 N/R 1 3 10 25 0 1,137 1 31 0 22 0 0 1 0 0 2 5 0 2 15 7 12 0 5 0 0 0 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
1One quarter reported 2Two quarters reported 3Three quarters reported
Search Warrant
34 16 26 10 29 13 80 178 31 33 213 23 14 17
8 50 42 31 N/R 57
5 149
27 26
0 2 3 541 229 4 227 16 657 17 58 80 17 114 3 30 22 15 32 683 10 9 165 92 13 13 40 115 9 11
Warrant Application
272 25
207 4 0 8
119 308
40 21 306 21 46 582 78 151 112 69 N/R 27 181 609 4,101 19 920 31 254 337 463
0 1,605
118 2,082
0 0 186 55 341 80 2 72 88 0 4,291 138 18 343 84 1 0 199 63 73 193
Hearings
First Appearance
Commitment
416 267 547
19 0
132 2,502 4,464
594 224 4,121 229 225 594 289 498 479 763 N/R 1,803
85 3,370 2,570
771 1
42 404 4,777 3,607
82 8,125
181 12,795
0 472 370 670 4,260
89 927 543 220 785 6,432
0 257 6,295 7,601 642
16 450 571
31 141
37 0 1 0
53 92 310 576
0 0 1,314 24 257 3 0 0 41 27 N/R 168 0 506 257 0 300 42 491 1,776 404 4 1,485 0 5,987 28 65 0 0 368 1 0 543 67 5 31,124 0 1 313 771 1 0 0 0 0 0
Good Behavior
0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 7 0 3 23 0 7 N/R 3 3 269 0 0 1,178 1 31 0 14 0 0 1 0 0 59 89 0 2 10 5 16 0 5 0 0 0 18 0 0 0 100 0 0 10
Magistrate Court Criminal Caseload for Calendar Year 2005
Filed
596 326
0 0 2,110 0 553 613 841 0 2,117 240 204 0 0 672 370 39 N/R 1,203 0 828 530 141 765 11 466 594 649 0 0 146 683 292 0 453 445 1,277 53 657 276 0 134 386 508 269 2,151 0 0 1 1,201 0 360 112
Ordinance Violations
Disposed by:
Non-Trial
Trial
123
473
1
132
0
0
0
0
0
53
0
0
477
76
0
1
0
0
0
0
1,228
0
124
116
13
57
0
0
0
0
672
0
151
28
35
4
N/R
N/R
769
434
0
0
745
83
363
103
118
0
945
43
0
11
169
88
95
0
401
3
0
0
0
0
109
0
0
0
339
0
0
0
232
40
0
0
773
78
29
0
435
44
146
49
0
0
134
0
0
249
104
275
79
0
2,236
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
70
29
Filed
0 0 0 0 0 4 268 696 0 27 0 2 227 6 18 166 249 177 N/R 206 0 233 514 9 0 15 0 672 0 0 981 0 4,036 2 0 966 5 623 0 19 50 34 218 550 129 0 32 191 21 0 254 16 0 115
1One quarter reported 2Two quarters reported 3Three quarters reported
Misdemeanors
Disposed by:
Non-Trial
Trial
0 0 0 0 0 3 15 14 0 2 0 1 34 0 2 5 81 117 N/R 70 0 156 285 6 0 0 0 296 0 0 780 0 2,686 2 0 81 0 408 0 10 29 5 213 0 51 0 14 154 13 0 101 7 0 83
0 0 0 0 0 1 253 391 0 60 0 1 160 6 16 161 6 52 N/R 136 0 77 115 0 0 15 0 376 0 0 84 0 407 0 0 1,101 0 135 0 6 0 31 5 129 144 0 14 18 8 0 94 7 0 32
Criminal & Civil
Warrants and Filings
Hearings and Dispositions
2,502 1,095 1,493
206 9,110 1,332 7,610 13,539 4,221 1,718 18,318 1,513 2,228 1,523 1,050 8,577 2,946 2,725
N/R 5,933
959 9,635 7,182 1,445 18,567
307 2,621 12,832 14,816
223 40,561
840 52,871
3,802 5,495 6,205 1,644 13,605
581 4,516 1,254 2,124 3,559 42,745 2,429 1,473 20,198 13,311 1,468
178 4,565 2,992 2,563 1,476
2,411 621
1,455 95
2,638 617
6,349 8,313 2,241
756 20,331
1,228 1,158 1,961
823 5,188 1,056 1,894
N/R 5,330
431 10,836
9,337 1,300 21,203
276 1,888 10,371 9,294
156 27,072
753 35,445
2,737 1,047 4,028
937 13,235
408 3,131 1,584
839 3,006 47,137 1,125
621 19,336 14,589
1,277 28
1,729 1,368
367 1,216
County
Appling
Atkinson
Bacon
Baker3
Baldwin
Banks
Barrow
Bartow
Ben Hill
Berrien
Bibb
Bleckley
Brantley
Brooks
Bryan3
Bulloch
Burke3
Butts
Calhoun
Camden
Candler3
Carroll
Catoosa
Charlton
39
Chatham
Chattahoochee
Chattooga
Cherokee
Clarke
Clay
Clayton
Clinch
Cobb
Coffee3
Colquitt
Columbia
Cook2
Coweta
Crawford3
Crisp
Dade
Dawson
Decatur
DeKalb
Dodge
Dooly
Dougherty
Douglas
Early
Echols
Effingham
Elbert
Emanuel
Evans
Magistrate Court Criminal Caseload for Calendar Year 2005
Warrants Issued
County
Felony Arrest
Misdemeanor Arrest
Good Behavior
Fannin
417
254
0
Fayette
999
1,117
0
Floyd
844
1,206
0
Forsyth
2,403
1,493
1
Franklin
417
244
0
Fulton2
9,218
2,998
0
Gilmer
680
537
0
Glascock
85
43
5
Glynn3
2,645
4,252
466
Gordon
1,507
1,271
0
Grady
481
680
0
Greene
454
380
12
Gwinnett
9,686
9,379
0
Habersham
1,050
696
0
Hall
2,490
2,719
16
Hancock
20
44
0
Haralson
853
583
11
Harris
187
402
16
Hart
645
209
0
Heard
325
378
3
Henry
1,878
1,991
0
Houston
2,505
3,823
0
Irwin
160
149
0
40 Jackson
1,880
1,477
0
Jasper
208
279
0
Jeff Davis
431
163
16
Jefferson
539
462
0
Jenkins
140
132
0
Johnson
242
182
47
Jones
365
542
8
Lamar
397
230
0
Lanier
285
171
0
Laurens
292
314
0
Lee
581
390
26
Liberty
1,373
1,547
14
Lincoln
127
110
0
Long
257
106
0
Lowndes
3,078
4,292
0
Lumpkin
366
537
0
Macon
216
415
11
Madison
728
731
0
Marion
110
78
0
McDuffie
476
386
0
McIntosh
338
254
0
Meriwether
481
318
19
Miller
184
181
0
Mitchell
381
771
0
Monroe
664
593
37
Montgomery
229
61
0
Morgan
351
450
15
Murray
N/R
N/R
N/R
Muscogee3
0
0
0
Newton
2,137
2,667
0
Oconee
N/R
N/R
N/R
1One quarter reported 2Two quarters reported 3Three quarters reported
Search Warrant
26 69 150 160 12 495 43
5 167
60 62 24 586
0 173
0 128
6 82 25 112 202 13 77 21 16 25 11
4 15 43 18 16 23 51
0 9 163 47 6 30 4 14 13 18 9 45 50 10 9 N/R 0 81 N/R
Warrant Application
123 182 1,023 493
23 12,504
127 10
2,494 121 84 67
1,871 286 643 35 205 119 185 51
3,056 495 28 88 54 197 86 61 58 140 104 33 391 94 360 15 6 20 81 8 130 25 79 52 19 5 55 273 87 87 N/R 0 467 N/R
Hearings
First Appearance
Commitment
199 1,657 4,048 1,497
535 12,080
512 128 4,224 967 504
0 7,444
917 10,435
34 451 230 732 214 2,798 6,262 285 2,360 269 532 365
19 46 104 532 407 606 431 1,749 158 240 5,292 806 213 1,207 38
3 426
49 103 343 674
1 427 N/R
0 1,374
N/R
0 179 150 475
1 0 1 1 1,842 33 0 453 12,350 69 1,947 13 107 221 227 18 624 480 4 600 0 33 0 0 1 31 24 0 0 82 0 0 0 202 176 0 454 0 0 0 9 0 1 170 0 595 N/R 0 215 N/R
Good Behavior
0 0 73 1 0 0 0 5 500 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 11 16 0 2 395 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 7 8 0 0 0 22 18 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 16 0 15 N/R 0 0 N/R
Magistrate Court Criminal Caseload for Calendar Year 2005
Filed
Ordinance Violations
Disposed by:
Non-Trial
Trial
Filed
348
327
21
348
209
0
1,841
1,227
114
391
340
345
364
0
0
0
0
0
402
219
0
10
8
2
2,071
1,061
186
428
449
77
143
162
7
20
0
1
891
226
128
826
0
152
401
139
19
54
8
46
310
87
36
0
0
0
273
234
40
45
43
0
407
468
0
798
833
37
2
2
0
0
0
0
92
65
8
516
73
487
311
0
311
0
0
0
79
34
0
0
0
0
154
0
0
219
0
24
1,042
658
384
1,351
954
15
0
0
0
5
0
0
112
0
0
1,640
11
34
49
23
12
0
0
0
194
99
56
2
0
2
293
101
0
0
0
0
223
63
29
0
0
0
541
372
0
0
0
0
125
0
0
290
175
8
N/R
N/R
N/R
0
0
0
1,338
826
58
N/R
N/R
N/R
18 0
2,864 523 42
13,729 2
17 2,458
313 81 3 0 27
746 0
107 3
64 29 552 96 17 142 91
0 125
0 3 0 0 10 373 499 42 15 2 96 27 17 80 0 13 0 37 0 36 84 5 117 N/R 0 601 N/R
1One quarter reported 2Two quarters reported 3Three quarters reported
Misdemeanors
Disposed by:
Non-Trial
Trial
6 0 2,661 428 11 0 2 15 118 224 52 3 0 0 343 0 22 3 56 26 449 65 17 126 28 0 0 0 2 0 0 6 205 426 25 0 0 2 18 15 28 0 10 0 21 0 30 62 0 84 N/R 0 542 N/R
12 0
338 466
0 8,715
0 2 2,340 41 17 0 0 0 203 0 83 0 8 9 98 40 0 58 44 0 125 0 0 0 0 0 168 156 13 0 0 94 5 6 44 0 2 0 16 0 6 22 0 30 N/R 0 66 N/R
Criminal & Civil
Warrants and Filings
Hearings and Dispositions
County
1,740 4,871 10,989 7,158 1,820 56,280 2,655
243 18,967
5,687 3,208 1,643 57,967 3,608 12,937
739 2,998 1,165 2,418 1,187 12,213 13,149
806 5,764 1,463 2,125 2,545
691 987 1,924 1,664 1,115 5,301 4,218 5,718 443 1,086 16,722 1,930 1,787 2,656 533 2,324 1,102 2,201 642 4,026 2,445 891 2,151 N/R 2,216 11,865 N/R
1,365 4,422 14,456 5,830
910 44,531
1,554 246
19,341 3,126 2,257 1,146
55,820 1,646
20,583 702
1,611 1,003 2,558
767 11,854 13,864
801 5,880
976 2,377 1,970
488 464 1,127 748 638 5,676 3,444 3,920 409 246 10,758 2,090 2,169 2,829 226 867 851 1,236 292 1,136 2,006 125 2,081 N/R 509 9,429 N/R
Fannin
Fayette
Floyd
Forsyth
Franklin
Fulton2
Gilmer
Glascock
Glynn3
Gordon
Grady
Greene
Gwinnett
Habersham
Hall
Hancock
Haralson
Harris
Hart
Heard
Henry
Houston
Irwin
Jackson
41
Jasper
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
Muscogee3
Newton
Oconee
Magistrate Court Criminal Caseload for Calendar Year 2005
County
Felony Arrest
Oglethorpe
220
Paulding
1,625
Peach
668
Pickens
611
Pierce
365
Pike1
40
Polk
1,179
Pulaski
230
Putnam
373
Quitman
37
Rabun
0
Randolph
493
Richmond
4,424
Rockdale
1,675
Schley
27
Screven
333
Seminole
0
Spalding
2,879
Stephens1
242
Stewart
62
Sumter
972
Talbot
8
Taliaferro
53
Tattnall
657
42 Taylor3
87
Telfair
479
Terrell
246
Thomas
1,106
Tift
1,374
Toombs
251
Towns
224
Treutlen3
43
Troup
1,812
Turner
305
Twiggs
266
Union
368
Upson
738
Walker
771
Walton
1,826
Ware
1,507
Warren
15
Washington
928
Wayne
715
Webster3
12
Wheeler
160
White
392
Whitfield
1,528
Wilcox
147
Wilkes
121
Wilkinson
197
Worth1
46
Total
163,087
Warrants Issued
Misdemeanor Arrest
Good Behavior
250 1,921
523 924 195
31 902 104 665
5 0 314 9,521 2,156 74 271 0 4,080 453 110 1,498 18 12 677 143 116 206 1,674 1,412 375 181 120 1,438 272 322 482 292 916 2,042 1,473 144 1,043 685 20 114 528 2,035 87 83 148 124 189,337
8 0 13 0 1 9 152 0 0 0 70 0 0 15 0 10 0 26 0 1 0 0 0 0 56 7 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 0 9 0 0 2 90 104 0 0 0 2 0 9 11 1 0 0 2 2,758
Search Warrant
7 59 41 67
7 2 105 11 5 5 17 5 62 62 1 7 0 173 13 2 32 0 0 12 12 18 10 52 45 3 11 0 55 35 21 33 69 52 76 70 3 18 23 0 4 39 77 8 9 8 6 9,219
Warrant Application
73 126 105
73 210
18 406
34 91 11 214 208 1,134 407
7 70
0 160
58 8 0 11 9
67 42 117
0 190 321 290
22 0
363 14
149 24
103 161 278 493
19 115 363
9 17 172 550 45
3 55 15 54,073
Hearings
First Appearance
Commitment
394 447 598 545 350
56 1,616
216 222
9 563 205 1,903 1,982 101 241 301 4,354
66 81 2,344 11 42 759 43 297 376 1,520 1,400
0 220
0 1,984
137 335 518 613 926 1,498 2,065
0 540 142
0 0 570 2,752 198 113 85 13 194,426
51 124 110
0 2 12 117 0 6 6 53 0 438 700 36 0 0 2,846 19 1 0 0 0 0 19 7 0 0 10 118 106 0 818 0 17 108 196 0 603 218 0 12 0 0 0 271 105 0 1 0 3 76,363
1One quarter reported 2Two quarters reported 3Three quarters reported
Good Behavior
6 0 16 0 1 8 92 0 0 3 70 0 0 52 0 10 0 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 56 7 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 9 0 0 0 26 94 0 0 0 2 0 52 11 1 0 0 2 3,582
Magistrate Court Criminal Caseload for Calendar Year 2005
Filed
10 182 355 548 334
13 579 175
0 107 162
99 112 532
0 227
0 989
0 87
0 0 0 317 0 333 168 1,787 0 915 70 64 359 0 94 166 509 0 645 1,289 0 174 732 513 0 252 1,406 137 0 32 0 56,694
Ordinance Violations
Disposed by:
Non-Trial
Trial
4 151 178
0 45
9 97
0 0 107 0 26 97 448 0 1 0 394 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 728 0 483 28 0 32 0 28 0 340 0 554 1,098 0 109 144 426 0 109 1,316 0 0 37 0 27,607
17 0
188 0
31 0 5 0 0 0
96 0 3
236 0 0 0
508 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
243 0
64 0 0 0 0 3 6 0 0
51 6 0
59 0
21 0 1
90 1 0 4 0
6,743
Misdemeanors
Criminal & Civil
Filed
Disposed by:
Non-Trial
Trial
Warrants and Filings
Hearings and Dispositions
County
184 629
31 16 247 22 243
2 20
0 80
0 4,541
392 8
70 13 422
0 37 90
0 1 0 0 0 0 17 0 0 0 0 74 0 68 96 342 0 164 60 1 0 25 1 3 19 288 0 33 0 1 44,077
58 436
5 1 41 6 62 0 11 0 2 0 4,033 279 3 46 13 26 0 36 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 25 0 30 7 189 0 151 41 1 0 10 0 1 4 208 0 32 0 0 17,685
105 4
29 0
139 0
14 0 9 0
68 0
374 63 5 2 0
395 0 2
26 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0
59 0
20 0
56 0
36 19
0 0 10 1 0 0 80 0 1 0 1 18,792
1,191 7,259 3,458 3,040 1,849
245 5,483
957 2,517
198 900 1,292 32,215 9,851 408 1,707 312 13,642 936 469 6,452 193 154 2,357 546 1,845 1,249 8,676 6,174 3,987 639 567 9,951 1,076 1,132 1,561 3,377 3,179 8,323 6,677 442 3,767 3,654 740 621 2,096 11,187 863 760 837 519 881,194
1,180 3,866 2,454 1,074
905 138 3,072 497 1,057 170 1,442 775 19,541 9,644 388 831 614 15,267 143 282 6,694 189 114 1,526 408 1,141 376 4,734 5,074 1,941 466
19 7,878
543 732 689 2,472 1,087 6,677 6,258 109 1,771 1,445 578 193 2,035 11,254 549 520 633
34 719,411
Oglethorpe
Paulding
Peach
Pickens
Pierce
Pike1
Polk
Pulaski
Putnam
Quitman
Rabun
Randolph
Richmond
Rockdale
Schley
Screven
Seminole
Spalding
Stephens1
Stewart
Sumter
Talbot
Taliaferro
Tattnall
Taylor3
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Telfair
Terrell
Thomas
Tift
Toombs
Towns
Treutlen3
Troup
Turner
Twiggs
Union
Upson
Walker
Walton
Ware
Warren
Washington
Wayne
Webster3
Wheeler
White
Whitfield
Wilcox
Wilkes
Wilkinson
Worth1
Total
1One quarter reported 2Two quarters reported 3Three quarters reported
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Coweta County Justice Center
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
Abbeville
Acworth
Alma
Alpharetta1
Arabi
Arlington
Athens1
Atlanta
Blakely
Cairo
Cave Spring
Cleveland
Commerce
Cordele1
Covington
Columbus
Cumming1
Dahlonega
Danielsville1
Dawson
Donaldsville
Duluth
Elberton1
Emerson
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Fairburn1
Fitzgerald
Folkston1
Forest Park
Forsyth
Fort Gaines
Gainesville
Glennville
Griffin
Grovetown1
Hazlehurst
Hinesville
Homeland1
Lawrenceville
Lilburn
Lincolnton
Lookout Mountain
Ludowici
Lumber City
Lumpkin1
Luthersville
Madison
Montezuma
Mount Vernon
Nashville
Newington
Newnan
Municipal Court Caseload for Calendar Year 2005*
Filings
Hearings
Traffic Prelim. Ord. Drugs DUI Other
Total
258 0
33
2,266 0
65
960 0 343
0 0
0
39 0
4
240 0
6
21,345 0 4,862
150,159 0 49,030
40 0
6
1,609 0
0
70 0
7
733 0
5
2,690 0
21
2,500 0 500
2,065 0 269
40,000 0
0
1,466 0 140
605 0
1
211 0
0
0 0
0
0 0
0
13,444 0 412
1,648 0 315
1,857 2
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1,511 501 354
1,611 0 231
1,121 0
41
0 0
0
2,407 0
0
20 0
3
16,000 0
0
1,000 0
15
0 0
0
1,196 0 140
788 0
50
10,311 0 1,112
202 0
2
16,162 662 803
4,909 0 154
208 0
0
0 0
0
1,202 0
5
87 0
13
89 0
20
353 0
10
2,687 0 172
795 0
10
240 0
0
992 0 265
65 0
9
4,272 0 451
5 17
0
313
57 75 171 2,634
22 17
0 1,342
0
0
0 12,797
3
7
0
53
5 12
0
263
242 785 10,107 37,341
0 3,825 170,665 373,679
3
8
0
57
48 200
0 1,857
0
5
0
82
0 17 26
781
47 95 170 3,023
0 200
0 3,200
173 93 137 2,737
0 20 3,500 43,520
5 54
0 1,665
1 18
0
625
1
3
0
215
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
119 320 13,411 27,706
27 43 40 2,073
44 52
0 2,002
37 17 309 2,729
16 57 117 2,032
12 26
0 1,200
0
0
0
0
22 20 159 2,608
2
4
0
29
75 400 1,300 17,775
10
0
0 1,025
0
0
0
0
24 59
0 1,419
14 48 32
932
105 133
0 11,661
0
4
1
209
78 598 235 18,538
58 210 6,297 11,628
6
0 35
249
0
0
0
0
19 38 84 1,348
4 33
0
137
0
5
0
114
0
6
0
369
20 33 56 2,968
12 17 72
906
1 18 48
307
22 44
0 1,323
1
5
3
83
93 322 157 5,295
Traffic Prelim. Ord. Drugs DUI Other Total
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0
1,528 102
871
0
0
0
39
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
12
0
0
0
15
0
15
0
379
0
300
0
1,022
0
16,000 6,000
780
0
356
0
0
0
1,837
0
469
0
0
0
136
0
960
2
500 501
108
0
99
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
300
0
15,353 247
1,193 48
653
0
0
0
12
0
9,661 662
0
0
0
0
177
0
266
0
87
0
0
0
129
0
2,656
0
202
0
173
0
948
0
65
0
2,646
0
13
3
65 41
254 22
0
0
4
3
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
7
0
0
0
6 13
150
0
192 145
0
0
24
5
1
1
0
0
135
5
71
4
0
0
26
3
32 41
300 37
77 14
10
9
673
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
15
4
1,101 219
128 25
50 14
0
0
1
0
676 75
0
0
0
0
14
4
2 10
13
4
0
0
8
0
164 18
8 10
0
1
244 18
9
1
356 93
10 0 57 69 17 0
0 0 7 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 15 25 100 0 48 126 20 0 54 0 7 0 0 0 43 168 27 0 0 0 18 26 52 0 17 309 48 71 16 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 355 0 56 0 41 32 0 0 4 0 487 219 0 0 0 0 3 19 26 35 33 0 0 0 6 0 33 54 16 59 18 40 35 0 4 1 322 157
73 1,862 1,164
0 53
8 0 0 18 0 27 15 438 550 1,533 22,020 863 365 0 2,188 571 0 209 1,087 1,664 318 134 673 0 8 0 319 17,275 1,450 790 0 17 11,780 0 0 217 339 137 0 143 2,925 295 232 1,245 80 3,574
1Reported cases by defendant *Data is shown for those cities whose caseload information was sent to the AOC. Most cases were reported by docket.
City Nicholls1 Norcross1 Pavo Pooler1 Porterdale Rome Roswell Rutledge1 Sale City Senoia Smithville Smyrna Snellville1 Social Circle1 Springfield Stone Mountain Summerville Sylvania Sylvester Thomasville1 Thomson Ty Ty Tyrone Vienna1 Walnut Grove1 Warrenton Whigham White Plains Woodland Woodville Zebulon Columbus- Muscogee Recorder's Court
Total
Municipal Court Caseload for Calendar Year 2005*
Filings
Hearings
Traffic Prelim. Ord. Drugs DUI Other
Total
Traffic Prelim. Ord. Drugs DUI Other Total
269 0
2 9 15
0 295
244
0
2
8 14 0
268
12,472 0 1,518 0 201
0 14,191
0
0
0
0
0 0
0
233 0
42 3
3
0 281
0
0
0
0
0 0
0
0 0
0 0
0
0
0
900 166
60 20 82 144 1,372
763 0
36 7 16
0 822
67
0
18
5
7 0
97
17,778 1,777 568 69 409 802 21,403
14,450 1,777
284 63 369 481 17,424
12,913 96 110 602 606 1,430 15,757
5,811 80
90 362 364 723 7,430
53 0
0 2
1
1
57
25
0
0
2
1 1
29
135 0
1 0
1
1 138
19
0
1
0
1 0
21
1,602 0
84 10
7
0 1,703
734
0
81 10
6 0
831
199 0
0 0
3
0 202
23
0
18
0
3 0
44
18,687 0 259 68 657
0 19,671
0
0
0
0
0 0
0
10,256 0 247 147 80
3 10,733
2,544
0
130 84 80 3 2,841
938 0
66 7 22
0 1,033
938
0
66
7 22 0 1,033
633 0
0 33 32 519 1,217
0
0
0
0
0 0
0
2,775 0 347 13 12 11 3,158
0 150
0
0
0 0
150
827 0 682 37 62 53 1,661
9
0
37 16
3 14
79
0 0
0 0
0
0
0
793
0
131 27 61 1 1,013
1,485 0 253 15 33
0 1,786
1,200
0
200 12 30 0 1,442
5,884 193
88 103 158 167 6,593
0
0
0
0
0 0
0
968 0
2 80 37 170 1,257
390
0
2 70 29 102
593
0 0
0 0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0 0
0
2,149 6
45 2 18
191 0 139 12 16
0 2,220 0 358
2,027
6
50
1 27 0 2,111
191
0
139 12 16 0
358
47
692 0
22 3
7
0 724
679
0
21
3
7 0
710
298 0
74 5
9
0 386
0
0
0
0
0 0
0
177 0
0 0
1
4 182
0
0
0
0
0 0
0
360 0
0 3
2
0 365
3
0
0
0
0 0
3
17 0
0 0
1
0
18
73
0
0
0
1 0
74
93 0
0 1
2
0
96
2
0
0
0
0 0
2
420 0
0 0
4
0 424
61
0
3
2 10 0
76
50,310 26,964 2,486 527 513 5,505 86,305
25,876 21,933 1,239 527 513 4,394 54,482
456,010 30,201 66,997 3,191 10,891 215,798 795,885 117,056 31,674 7,405 2,077 3,657 7,273 169,142
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Early County Courthouse
Notable and Noteworthy
Supreme Court of Georgia
Supreme Court Committee on Civil Justice
The Supreme Court of Georgia named 23 members
to this newly-formed committee on May 3, 2006. The
civil justice committee will seek to improve effective
access to the civil justice system for citizens who are
deterred by barriers such as poverty, lack of fluency in
English, institutionalization, etc. Some of the specific
initiatives will include: promoting public understand-
ing of access to justice problems; improving collabora-
tion and training for advocate organizations; increasing
coordination of services; and encouraging lawyers and
judges to take a leadership role in expanding access to
justice.
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Supreme Court Webcasts Oral Arguments In April 2006 the Supreme Court began monthly
webcasts of oral arguments as they are heard in their courtroom in Atlanta. Viewing of these oral arguments, usually scheduled for the final day of hearings each month, are available to everyone. The calendar of cases to be heard as well as access to the oral arguments can be found at www.gasupreme.us
Notable and Noteworthy
Court of Appeals -- On January 24, 2006, the twelve judges of the Court of Appeals of Georgia gathered in the State Capitol for a ceremony commemorating the Court's 100th year. Governor Sonny Perdue issued a proclamation to designate 2006 the "Court of Appeals Centennial Year." Proclamations from the Senate and House of Representatives were also presented.
Off Site Oral Arguments The Court celebrated its Centennial Year by hold-
ing oral arguments outside of Atlanta, including visits to Mercer University, John Marshall School of Law, Georgia State University, as well as a number of Georgia cities.
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Court Video History "A Century of Serving Justice: A History of the
Court of Appeals of Georgia" was produced to celebrate the Court's creation and history.
Notable and Noteworthy
Superior Court Judgeships -- The Judicial Council recommended new judgeships in the Houston, Blue Ridge, Coweta, Paulding, Dublin, Cobb, Southern, Gwinnett, Enotah, and Alapaha Judicial Circuits at its meeting on August 24, 2005. The Council's recommendation was forwarded to the governor and the legislature for consideration during the 2006 session. Subsequently, enabling legislation was passed for new judgeships in the Blue Ridge, Coweta, Houston, and Paulding Judicial Circuits.
Circuit Split -- At its August 24, 2005 meeting, the
Judicial Council also approved a request from the
Alcovy Judicial Circuit for creation of a fiftieth circuit
by designating the circuit's two counties as two separate
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circuits. The circuit split did not gain legislative
authorization.
State Court Judgeships -- The Georgia General Assembly created two state court judgeships -- Gwinnett and Henry Counties -- during the 2006 session.
Notable and Noteworthy
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: appellate, superior, state, juvenile, probate, magistrate and municipal. The agency 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.
Among the agency's responsibilities and services:
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Provides fiscal support to 24 judicial branch agencies.
Provides statewide information technology support.
Coordinates the annual judicial branch appropriations request to the General Assembly.
Provides administrative support to Council of Probate Judges, Council of Magistrate Court Judges, Council of Municipal Court Judges and Training Councils including meeting planning, publication of newsletters; staffing committees, etc.
Provides administrative support to the Committee on Access and Fairness and its statewide projects for improving access and fairness in the courts for all Georgia's citizens.
Notable and Noteworthy
Provides jury management services to local courts and administrative support to the Supreme Court Jury Composition Committee.
Produces agency publications distributed statewide including: the Georgia Courts Journal, Georgia Courts Directory, Your Guide to the Georgia Courts, Annual Report on the Work of the Courts.
Oversees and manages the Board of Court Reporting, Commission on Interpreters, County and Municipal Probation Advisory Council.
Administers state funds appropriated to the Judicial
Council Committee on Domestic Violence.
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Conducts the annual Superior Court Judgeship Study, staffs the Judicial Council Workload Assessment Committee, compiles caseload date for superior, state, juvenile, probate, magistrate and municipal courts.
Secures and manages grant funding for drug courts, DUI courts and other special initiatives; provides administrative support for child support guidelines reform and collection; juvenile justice issues and others.
www.georgiacourts.org More information on the work of the Administrative
Office of the Courts is available on its website: www.georgiacourts.org
Judicial Appointments and Elections
July 1, 2005 to June 30, 2006
Superior Courts: Appointments Judge Ralph Simpson, Tifton Circuit, 07/29/05 Judge Oliver Harris Doss, Appalachian Circuit, 12/28/05 Judge James Hardy, Southern Circuit, 12/28/05 Judge D. Scott Smith, Cherokee Circuit, 12/28/05 Judge Wade M. Crumbley, Flint Circuit, 12/28/05 Judge Thomas Davis, Jr., Gwinnett Circuit, 12/28/05 Judge Christopher S. Brasher, Atlanta Circuit, 12/28/05
State Courts: Appointments Judge Carl W. Bowers, Cobb County, 10/01/05 Judge John K. Edwards, Lowndes County, 06/07/06
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Administrative Office of the Courts 244 Washington Street, SW Suite 300 Atlanta, GA 30334
www.georgiacourts.org