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 1 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 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 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 43 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 44 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. 45 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 46 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 47 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 47 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 48 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. 49 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. 50 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 51 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: 52 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. 53 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 54 Administrative Office of the Courts 244 Washington Street, SW Suite 300 Atlanta, GA 30334 www.georgiacourts.org