2009 annual report: Georgia courts

Annual Report: Georgia Courts
FY 2009
July 1, 2008 - June 30, 2009

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, Marla S. Moore 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.gov

Table of Contents
Judicial Council/ Administrative Office of the Courts ....................................................................2 Supreme Court .................................................................................................................................................14 Court of Appeals..............................................................................................................................................16 Superior Courts ................................................................................................................................................18 State Courts........................................................................................................................................................22 Juvenile Courts...................................................................................................................................................28 Probate Courts..................................................................................................................................................36 Magistrate Courts ............................................................................................................................................46 Municipal Courts ..............................................................................................................................................56

Judicial Council /Administrative Office of the Courts

Judicial Council of Georgia, August 2008. Sitting, from left, Judge Tammy S. Brown; Judge Lillis J. Brown; Judge Anne Workman; Chief Judge Anne Elizabeth Barnes; Chief Justice Leah Ward Sears; Presiding Justice Carol W. Hunstein; Judge Doris L. Downs; Judge Tammy Stokes; Judge Connie J. Holt; Standing, from left, Judge Ronnie Joe Lane; Judge Melvin K. Westmoreland; Judge Quillian Baldwin, Jr.; Judge John D. Allen; Judge Michael C. Clark; Judge Steve Teske; Judge Robert V. Rodatus; Judge David T. Emerson; Judge Ronald E. Ginsberg; Judge Charles Paul Rose, Jr.; Judge Lawton E. Stephens; Judge John C. Carbo, III; Judge Stan Smith; Judge Stephen S. Goss; Judge Richard T. Alexander, Jr. Not pictured: Judge M.Yvette Miller

The Judicial Council is the state-level judicial branch agency charged with developing policies for administering and improving the courts. The Georgia General Assembly created the Judicial Council in 1973; in 1978 the Council was designated an administrative arm of the Supreme Court of Georgia. The 25-member council considers requests for new judgeships and oversees the programs and initiatives of the Administrative Office of the Courts.

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Judicial Council of Georgia June 2009
Chief Justice Leah Ward Sears Chair Supreme Court
Presiding Justice Carol W. Hunstein Vice Chair Supreme Court
Chief Judge M.Yvette Miller Court of Appeals
Judge John J. Ellington Court of Appeals
Judge Melvin K. Westmoreland Council of Superior Court Judges
Judge Kathlene F. Gosselin Council of Superior Court Judges
Judge Ronald E. Ginsberg Council of State Court Judges
Judge John W. Bass, Sr. Council of State Court Judges
Judge Robert V. Rodatus Council of Juvenile Court Judges
Judge F. Bryant Henry, Jr. Council of Juvenile Court Judges
Judge Tammy S. Brown Council of Probate Court Judges
Judge Lynwood D. Jordan, Jr. Council of Probate Court Judges
Judge Richard T. Alexander, Jr. Council of Magistrate Court Judges
Judge William A. Willis Council of Magistrate Court Judges
Judge C. David Strickland Council of Municipal Court Judges
District Administrative Judges
Judge Charles Paul Rose, Jr. First District
Judge Ronnie Joe Lane Second District
Judge John D. Allen Third District
Judge Cynthia J. Becker Fourth District
Judge Doris L. Downs Fifth District
Judge A. Quillian Baldwin, Jr. Sixth District
Judge David T. Emerson Seventh District
Judge Stan Smith Eighth District
Judge Michael C. Clark Ninth District
Judge Lawton E. Stephens Tenth District

Administrative Office of the Courts/Judicial Council

Judicial Council Actions in FY09
Superior Court Judgeships. In August 2008, the Council approved three new requests: Appalachian, Clayton, and Western. New requests and carryovers were ranked by the Council in order of priority:

1. Piedmont Circuit 2. Flint Circuit 3. Clayton Circuit* 4. Douglas Circuit 5. Northeastern Circuit

6. Western Circuit* 7. Mountain Circuit 8. Southern Circuit 9. Appalachian Circuit* 10. Tifton Circuit

Annual Judgeship Study. At its December, 2008 meeting, the Council voted to suspend the superior court judgeship study for one year. Therefore no new recommendations for judgeships will go forward to the 2010 General Assembly.
Information Technology. The Council endorsed Information Technology business plans drawn up for each class of court with the assistance of the Georgia Courts Automation Commission.
Municipal Court Membership. The President of the Council of Municipal Court Judges joined the Judicial Council as a permanent, voting member. Previously the president of the council held an ex-officio membership. Total number of seats on the Judicial Council now stands at twenty-five.
State Budget Issues. Concern regarding Gov. Perdue's decision to withhold state funds already appropriated to the Judicial Branch for the month of June, 2009, led the Chief Justice to convene a special June meeting of the Judicial Council to discuss the impact of further funding cuts on the courts.

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The Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC) supports the work of more than 1700 Georgia judges including: superior, state, juvenile, probate, magistrate, municipal and appellate court judges. Since its creation in 1973, the agency has played a central role in improving training for judges, clerks and other court personnel, in bringing information technology resources to local courts, and in providing professional staffing for judicial branch initiatives for improving the quality of justice in our state.
Under the supervision and direction of the Judicial Council of Georgia, the AOC continues to be at the center of court system initiatives.We invite you to visit our website georgiacourts.gov, a resource for information on current AOC programs and archived reports on past initiatives.
Judicial Council Oversight Committees establish policies that guide the day-to-day work of the AOC. Agency staff schedule committee meetings as directed by the judges who chair these committees.

Committee on Court Reporting Matters: Oversees the Board of Court Reporting which trains, certifies, and disciplines the 1,100 court reporters currently licensed to practice in the Georgia courts. In addition to individual reporters, 120 registered court reporting firms are also regulated. Client complaints against court reporters are investigated by the Board and hearings on such matters are held as necessary.
Court Interpreter Certification. As a member of the National Center for State Courts Consortium for State Court Interpreter Certification, the Georgia AOC provides training and testing for those fluent in other languages who wish to work as interpreters in courtrooms around the state.While the agency maintains a registry of certified interpreters, hiring decisions are made by local judges and/or court administrators.The Commission on Interpreters oversees these services.
Committee on Drug Courts. Oversight of Georgia's Accountability Courts is entrusted to a committee of the Judicial Council. Funds appropriated by the General Assembly are allotted by the committee as seed money for local courts launching DUI court or Drug Court initiatives. The committee promulgates guidelines for operation of these courts and evaluates their effectiveness. (See grant awards on pages 8-9.)

Judicial Workload Assessment Committee. Chaired by the Chief Justice this committee oversees the annual judgeship study conducted by AOC staff in cooperation with the state's Superior Court Clerks.The committee continues to refine the methodology used to evaluate judicial workloads, so that accurate comparisons among circuits can be made. Supporting documentation for circuits that qualify for new judgeships is presented to the full Judicial Council for review before the Council votes on any recommendations to the General Assembly.
Emergency Management Committee. The Court Emergency Management Committee of the Judicial Council is charged with ensuring that courts are accessible during a natural disaster or public health emergency. Planning and Research helped the committee develop and publish a nationally recognized Pandemic Flu Benchbook for Georgia's judges as well as a Continuity of Operation Plan Appendix for courts to add to their existing local emergency plans. The Pandemic Flu Benchbook was updated to include recent rules and regulations published by the Division of Public Health. State Justice Institute (SJI) grant funds were used to conduct work sessions across the state to assist court officials with drafting public health emergency Continuity of Operations Plans (COOP) for their specific cour ts.

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In the face of budget reductions the AOC has streamlined staffing and pursued technology solutions for court system improvements. As the primary "shared services" agency for the Judicial Branch, the AOC promotes economies of scale in provision of fiscal services, information technology services and administrative support.The agency's core function remains serving the judicial branch through activities such as: supporting e-filing projects, training foreign language courtroom interpreters, and encouraging minority high school students to consider court system careers.

Information Portals. The AOC is putting greater emphasis on use of technology--from scanning paper documents and reimagining our website to improved collection of trial court data. The agency now provides an "information portal" for direct reporting of local caseload data. Judicial workload reports issued by the AOC provide essential information for judges and court administrators.

Child Placement. For a child in foster care uncertainty is a given--how long will they be separated from family, how long before they move to yet another placement? The AOC has an information-sharing agreement whereby the Department of Family and Children Services makes updated child-specific case plans available to court personnel through an on-line database. Sharing appropriate information between the judicial and executive branches improves system checks and balances, improves child outcomes, and improves justice.

Domestic Violence Grants. The AOC administers state funds to assist families damaged by domestic violence.Women's Shelters and crisis centers are eligible for grant funds to assist families with housing, employment, custody and other civil legal problems. The program assists more than 4000 individual families each year-- effective help to meet the needs of Georgia citizens in crisis.

FY 2010 Grant Recipients

Amity House

$7,000

Atlanta Legal Aid, Inc.

$505,000

Gateway House, Inc.

$16,868

GA Law Center for the Homeless $22,000

Georgia Legal Services

$1,356,828

Northeast GA Shelter Collaborative $35,000

Judicial Liaison. Improved customer service to Probate, Magistrate and Municipal Court Judges. Customer assistance requests are now organized and tracked electronically. More than 150 requests for assistance are handled monthly by staff for these groups.
Training councils for the three largest classes of court (probate, magistrate, municipal) are assisted by AOC staff. Training records for 1250 judges are maintained in a database so that compliance with training requirements can be monitored.
Accountability Courts. Georgia judges have embraced the drug court concept of combining treatment for drug addiction and court sanctions to break the cycle of repeat criminal offenses. The forty-one separate drug courts now in operation in the state offer a less costly alternative to incarceration of offenders. More than 3,400 successful drug court graduates attest to the effectiveness of these programs. The AOC administers grant funds to the state's drug courts and oversees standards of operation. The drug court concept continues to expand; it now includes: DUI courts (16), a child support court (1) and mental health courts (12). (See grant awards on pages 8-9.)
On-line Publications. The AOC has shifted agency publications from old media (print) to new media (website, e-documents). Court personnel can access a printer-friendly version of our brochure, Your Guide to the Georgia Courts, from our website for distribution locally. Current caseload reports for the trial courts (and archives of prior reports) are also available online. In one year we have reduced our printed pieces from 45,000 to 12,000 pieces.

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Child Support Collaborative. The AOC provides an ongoing collaborative association between the judiciary and the Division of Child Support Services ("DCSS") to address child support issues. The project also supplements the work of DCSS, such as when conflicts arise in DCSS' responsibilities. During 2009, some of the highlights and the impact of this Project include:
The Child Support Collaborative staff worked with a task force in designing and making the appropriate changes to the child support calculators which impact every child support case in the State of Georgia.The Collaborative Project hosts the child support calculators. Outreach and training efforts included re-designing a website to provide online access and understanding; chairing a statewide training that was attended by approximately 200 persons; providing instruction for approximately 300 family lawyers; specialized instruction to DCSS managers and managers of Family Law Information Centers statewide; and the training of approximately 40 superior court judges.
Providing technical assistance and evaluation services through a contract with an outside expert to establish a pilot site and eventual roll-out locations of Child Support Problem Solving Courts during 2009. The pilot site in Carroll County had its inaugural court proceeding in January 2009, with a goal of serving approximately thirty participants at a time through this innovative court.
Access and Fairness. "Color of Justice" programs for high school students encourage minority teens to consider careers in the justice system.These programs, sponsored by the Committee on Access and Fairness, are organized by AOC staff and presented at local courts. Local judges, lawyers, and court administrators are recruited to make informal presentations to the students.

Guardianship Video and Brochure. State Justice Institute (SJI) grant funds and state appropriations secured by the AOC provided the Council of Probate Court Judges with resources needed to produce two public education videos. The video presentations provided an overview of the legal duties and general procedures in guardianship and conservatorship proceedings for minors and adults. An English and Spanish version of each production was produced. In addition, handbooks for Guardians and Conservators of adults and minors were published to serve as helpful reference materials for persons appointed by the court. These self-help pamphlets briefly explain the role of guardians and conservators and clarify the court's expectation of persons serving in each capacity. Court Services staff also arranged translation of these materials from English to Spanish.
Judicial Training. AOC staff maintained continuing judicial education records for 891 magistrate and municipal court judges. In the period which comprised FY09, 98% of these judges completed the training required by Georgia law. In order to renew their certification, a magistrate or municipal court judge must have completed 20 or 12 accredited training hours, respectively.
General Counsel. The AOC Legal Department handled contracts or agreements totaling over $6,000,000. The AOC Legal Department is primarily responsible for the drafting, negotiation and termination of all contracts and other legal agreements with the AOC and other judicial agencies including the Georgia Courts Automation Commission (GCAC), the Judicial Council Board of Court Reporting, and others.

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Special Studies and Data Analysis. In FY 2009 the need arose for a special studies and data analysis position within the AOC.This staff member, working directly with the Director, performs studies determining the effectiveness of policies or adjustments to court operations and the impact on the quality of justice delivered by the court.
Special study topics included:
Alternative Dispute Baseline Data for Time to Disposition
Alternative Dispute Baseline Data for Revenue Projections
Judicial Workload Assessment Committee Repor t
a. Impact of Child Support (SB 176) on the Domestic Relations Docket
b. Drug Court Participants Time Standards for Staffing and Court Hearings
c. Comparison of Style of Case with SSCIS Electronic Reports
d. Development of a Standard Probation Revocation Form for Case Count
Composition of the Felony Docket
Electronic Recordation of Proceedings in State Cour t
Muscogee County Court Filing Report
"Rent a Judge" Programs and Time to Disposition
Staff Support to Judicial Council Records Retention Committee

Jury Reform. With staff support from the AOC, the Supreme Court Jury Composition Committee has continued to make progress toward revamping our state's methodology for compiling jury lists. In phase one, the committee worked with key stakeholder groups to merge data elements from an assortment of databases across several state agencies. Phase two of the project calls for the development of a userfriendly desktop application capable of providing defensible jury lists to each of Georgia's 159 counties.
Georgia Jury Source List Study The Administrative Office of the Courts con-
tracted with Applied Research Services, Inc. (ARS) to assess the feasibility of replacing Georgia's balanced box juror selection system with an inclusive source list methodology. ARS conducted a comprehensive analysis of Georgia's statewide voter registration and drivers' license databases to produce a consolidated database that would meet the ABA inclusiveness standard (85% of adults eligible for jury service, free of duplicate records). ARS presented detailed findings for 10 Georgia counties on July 16, 2008.
Grant funding provided by Georgia Civil Justice Foundation, Georgia Bar Foundation and others financed the project.
Future work of the Jury Composition Committee includes determinating an inclusivity standard for Georgia so that we have statewide data to support a defensible juror selection system that unequivocally satisfies the ABA standard and creating new software to consolidate jury source lists (Department of Drivers Services,Voter Registration,Vital Statistics, National Change of Address, and Census data) and compiling and distributing lists to counties.

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Technology Initiatives. The AOC provides effective technology solutions for courts and agencies throughout the state, supporting automation of courts. Local and national collaboration has lead to numerous successes in Fiscal Year 2009.

Technology Facilities / Infrastructure The AOC manages the network and infrastructure necessary to enable communications, document management, file storage and remote access for staff as well as the administration, support and maintenance of case management solutions for 274 courts.
VMWare The implementation of "virtual" servers has reduced the footprint in our data center and cut significant costs related to hardware, licensing and administration.
Quality Technology Services A co-location site was implemented to ensure daily backups of the AOC and our courts' information for disaster recovery/business continuity planning.

Citation Data Access In a collaborative effort with the Governor's Office of Highway Safety, the AOC developed an online query application to report citation information to thirteen (13) different entities that make up the Traffic Records Coordinating Council (TRCC).
WinTox / COTTS AOC consulted and implemented the server infrastructure for the Drug Courts in Georgia.The servers are housed and maintained in the AOC's data center in Atlanta and the reporting environment is managed through Crystal Reports.
Child Support Calculator An enhanced EXCEL version of the Child Support Calculator was developed.

Technology Applications/Software Increasing reliance on software applications in the courts and at the AOC has required improvements in access to data and the abilities to report, disseminate and analyze information.
Citrix Enabled WMCIS The Magistrate Court Information System was updated and made available to courts via Citrix (online).This improved support to fifty (50) Magistrate courts, facilitating the maintenance and versioning that was required by legislative changes and JDX projects.
NCourt Implementation To allow for online payments capabilities at the municipal court level, ten courts that utilize the AOC's Traffic Information System (TIPS) were set up to accept credit card processing, improving collections at and saving personnel time.

Technology Support / Training SSCIS Certification Collaborated with the Ga. Superior Courts Clerks Cooperative Authority to certify the transmission processes for State and Superior Courts software in compliance with Act No. 716, Ga. L. 2000, p. 850.
Act. No. 264, Ga. L. 2007, p.554 All AOC supported case management software was updated to comply with the additional fields required by child custody legislation.Transmissions specifications were defined and implemented to allow for reporting.
Training Classes for the Superior, Magistrate and Probate judges were conducted, including topics such as Microsoft Office Suite products, Web tutorials and purchasing PCs.

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Judicial Council Funding for Local Drug Courts FY 2010 Grant Awards

Court Clayton Adult Felony Drug Court Appalachian Judicial Circuit Adult Drug Court Augusta Judicial Circuit Drug Court Bibb County Drug Court Program Carroll County Drug Court Cherokee Circuit Drug Court Cobb County Drug Treatment Court Conasauga Drug Court DeKalb County Drug Court Dublin Judicial Drug Court Enotah Drug Treatment Court Forsyth County Drug Court Fulton County Adult Drug Court Glynn/Camden County Drug Court Griffin Judicial Circuit Drug Court Gwinnett County Drug Court Habersham County Drug Court Hall County Drug Court Liberty County Drug Court Muscogee County Adult Felony Drug Court Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit Drug Court Pataula Judicial Circuit Drug Court Savannah-Chatham County Drug Court Tallapoosa Drug Intervention Program Towaliga Judicial Circuit Special Drug Court Waycross Judicial Circuit Drug Court Program, Inc Western Judicial Circuit Felony Drug Court Henry County DUI Court Athens Clarke County DUI/Drug Court Burke County State Court Chatham County DUI Court Cherokee County DUI/Drug Court

Court Type Adult Felony Adult Felony Adult Felony Adult Felony Adult Felony Adult Felony Adult Felony Adult Felony Adult Felony Adult Felony Adult Felony Adult Felony Adult Felony Adult Felony Adult Felony Adult Felony Adult Felony Adult Felony Adult Felony Adult Felony Adult Felony Adult Felony Adult Felony Adult Felony Adult Felony Adult Felony Adult Felony DUI DUI DUI DUI DUI

Application Type Implementation Operational Operational Operational Operational Operational Operational Operational Operational Operational Operational Operational Operational Operational Operational Operational Operational Operational Operational Operational Operational Operational Operational Operational Operational Operational Operational Implementation Operational Operational Operational Operational

Final Recommendation $ 79,000 $ 37,481 $ 26,144 $ 26,756 $ 26,078 $ 29,231 $ 42,044 $ 38,128 $ 34,310 $ 23,140 $ 28,302 $ 37,016 $ 57,161 $ 59,367 $ 22,210 $ 33,497 $ 30,577 $ 42,957 $ 21,547 $ 26,874 $ 33,398 $ 29,995 $ 39,522 $ 38,229 $ 27,655 $ 36,801 $ 32,103 $ 79,000 $ 20,344 $ 15,903 $ 22,887 $ 20,410

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Judicial Council Funding for Local Drug Courts FY 2010 Grant Awards

Court Clayton County DUI Court Cobb County DUI Court DeKalb County DUI Court Supervised Treatment Program Forsyth County DUI Court Fulton County DUI Court Gwinnett County DUI Court Hall County DUI Court Rockdale County DUI Court Troup County DUI/Drug Court Appalachian Judicial Circuit Family Drug Court Bartow County Family Drug Treatment Court Chatham County Family Dependency Treatment Court Cobb County Family Dependency Treatment Court Douglas County Juvenile Court Enotah Family Drug Court- North Enotah Family Drug Court- South Fulton County Juvenile Court Family Drug Court Hall County Family Treatment Court Paulding County Family Treatment Court Dawson County Treatment Court- Drug Dawson County Treatment Court- DUI Rockdale County Juvenile Drug Court Appalachian Juvenile Drug Court Carroll County Juvenile Drug Court Cobb County Juvenile Drug Treatment Court Columbus/Muscogee County Juvenile Drug Court DeKalb County Juvenile Drug Court Dublin Circuit Juvenile Drug Court Forsyth County Juvenile Accountability & Substance Newton County Juvenile Drug Court Ocmulgee Circuit Juvenile Drug Court Total Recommendations

Court Type DUI DUI DUI DUI DUI DUI DUI DUI DUI Family Family Family Family Family Family Family Family Family Family Hybrid Hybrid Juvenile Juvenile Juvenile Juvenile Juvenile Juvenile Juvenile Juvenile Juvenile Juvenile

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Final Recommendation $ 17,185 $ 12,809 $ 18,091 $ 17,054 $ 13,258 $ 15,951 $ 24,271 $ 12,267 $ 16,418 $ 30,858 $ 18,824 $ 25,281 $ 36,353 $ 17,380 $ 21,812 $ 22,277 $ 10,490 $ 27,174 $ 17,114 $ 34,643 $ 13,445 $ 39,500 $ 28,568 $ 12,350 $ 39,305 $ 28,650 $ 5,510 $ 8,366 $ 16,334 $ 17,579 $ 16,915
$ 1,754,100

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Fig. 1 -- Judicial Council State Appropriations FY 2006 and FY 2009

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Fig. 3 -- Judicial Branch State Appropriations FY 2009

Total Funds: $149,129,118

Appropriations to Judicial Council/AOC. Budget reductions took a significant toll on operating budgets of the appellate courts, Judicial Council/AOC and related agencies during the 2009 session of the General Assembly. An overall reduction for the `09 continuation budget was followed by deeper cuts to the FY10 appropriations requests. No furlough days were instituted in the Judicial Branch prior to June 30, 2009; however, as state revenues continued to decline, furlough days during FY10 seemed inevitable.
The General Assembly slashed the FY10 Appropriations for the Judicial Branch as follows:
Across the board decrease of 11% from FY08 funding levels to start of FY09
Elimination of Sustain Case Management Maintenance Contract: $250,000 (AOC)
Elimination of GCAC funds for facilitated IT planning sessions: $250,000
Decreases grants to local drug court programs: $439,139
Decreases funding for civil legal services grants: $128,078
Eliminates funds to Georgia Law School Consortium: $176,400
Other Legislation: SB 199 suspended mandatory training requirements for probate and magistrate court judges for a one-year period.
Two state court judgeships and three superior court judgeships were created.

ICJE $1,178,214 0.8% Appellate Resource Ctr. $528,963 0.4%
JQC $257,451 0.2% ODR $168,751 0.1%
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The Supreme Court of Georgia
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.
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Cases Filed

2007 2008

Direct Appeals Petitions for Certiorari Certified Questions Applications for Appeal
Habeas Corpus Discretionar y Inter locutor y Interim Review Attorney Disciplinaries Judicial Qualifications Bar Admissions Original Petitions Emergency Motions Execution Matters Death Penalty Habeas Corpus

516

502

595

616

1

2

337

416

218

250

48

46

2

3

137

165

2

7

12

4

34

7

14

1

6

2

7

Total

1,877 2,073

The Supreme Court of Georgia

Cases Disposed

2007 2008

By Opinion

347

391

Affirmed without Opinion

7

7

Stricken from Docket

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1

Allowed Withdrawn

21

21

Transferred to Court of Appeals 105

77

Appeals Dismissed

170

150

Other Direct Appeals

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Petition for Certiorari

Granted

36

67

Denied

446

639

Other

33

51

Habeas Corpus Applications

Granted

44

22

Denied

309

257

Dismissed

57

56

Other

32

4

Discretionary Applications

Granted

37

15

Denied

94

83

Transferred to Court of Appeals

35

45

Other

63

83

Interlocutory Applications

Granted

4

16

Denied

17

11

Transferred to Court of Appeals

9

6

Other

9

10

Interim Review

Granted

9

0

Denied

0

4

Extraordinary Motions

Granted

1

0

Denied

3

3

Attorney Discipline

135

123

Bar Admissions

2

5

Judicial Qualifications

5

2

Total

2,038 2,160

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The Court of Appeals of Georgia
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 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.
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Filings

2007

Direct Appeals Discretionary Applications Interlocutory Applications
Total

2,509 406 365
3,280

2008
2,443 495 335
3,273

The Court of Appeals of Georgia

Dispositions

2007

Direct Appeals By Opinion Companion Cases Non-Published Opinion Rule 36 Order Total

1,359 NA 265 77 699
2,400

Discretionary Applications

Granted

84

Denied

199

Dismissed

108

Transferred

36

Withdrawn

0

Other

3

Total

430

Interlocutory Applications

Granted

111

Denied

192

Dismissed

46

Transferred

4

Withdrawn

1

Other

1

Total

355

Total

3,185

2008
1,322 130 211 120 680
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The 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. Superior courts have jurisdiction to hear appeals from lower courts as provided by the Georgia Constitution.
The superior courts are organized into 49 judicial circuits made up of one or more counties. Creation of circuits and new superior court judgeships are established by act of the General Assembly.
Superior court judges are constitutional officers who are elected to four-year terms in circuit-wide nonpartisan elections. Senior superior court judges may hear cases as assigned in any circuit.
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Superior Court Appointments 7/1/08 -- 6/30/09

Superior Court Elections 7/1/08 -- 6/30/09

Judge Howard McClain

Judge Kimberly Adams

Judge Jeffery Malcom

Alapaha Circuit, 07/24/08

Atlanta Circuit, 01/01/09

Northern Circuit, 01/01/09

Judge Wade Padgett

Judge Anthony Harrison

Judge Sarah Wall

Augusta Circuit, 01/04/09

Brunswick Circuit, 01/01/09

Oconee Circuit, 01/01/09

Judge Gil McBride

Judge Currie Mingledorff

Chattahoochee Circuit, 01/01/09

Piedmont Circuit, 01/01/09

Judge T. Christopher Hughes

Judge John E. Niedrach

Cordele Circuit, 01/01/09

Rome Circuit, 01/01/09

Judge Denise Marshall

Judge J. Kevin Chason

Dougherty Circuit, 01/01/09

South Georgia Circuit, 01/01/09

Judge Beau McClain

Judge James Tunison

Douglas Circuit, 01/01/09

Southern Circuit, 01/01/09

Judge Karen E. Beyers

Judge Tangela Barrie

Gwinnett Circuit, 01/01/09

Stone Mountain Circuit, 01/01/09

Judge Brian House

Judge Melanie B. Cross

Lookout Mountain Circuit, 01/01/09

Tifton Circuit, 01/01/09

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Circuit
Alapaha Alcovy Appalachian Atlanta Atlantic Augusta Bell-Forsyth Blue Ridge Brunswick Chattahoochee Cherokee Clayton Cobb Conasauga Cordele Coweta Dougher ty Douglas Dublin Eastern Enotah Flint Griffin Gwinnett Houston Lookout Mountain Macon Middle Mountain Nor theastern Nor thern Ocmulgee Oconee Ogeechee Pataula Paulding Piedmont Rockdale Rome South Georgia Southern Southwestern Stone Mountain Tallapoosa Tifton Toombs Towaliga Waycross Western
Total

Number of Judges
2 4 3 19 4 8 2 3 4 6 4 4 10 4 3 6 3 3 3 6 3 3 4 10 3 4 5 2 2 4 3 5 2 3 2 3 3 2 4 2 5 3 10 2 2 2 2 3 3 202

*Based on 202 judges.

Superior Court Caseload Calendar Year 2008

Total Criminal

Dockets Filed

Defendants Filed

2,452 5,557 2,286 13,284 1,807 4,187
987 2,073 3,589 3,028 3,420 3,013 9,697 2,586 2,171 6,852 2,500 1,859 1,662 2,931 2,280 2,088 2,583 5,964 2,332 3,238 2,876
986 1,739 3,691 2,821 4,942 1,545 1,795 1,472 2,332 3,722
962 5,057
955 3,423 1,617 7,593 2,124
739 1,005 1,060 2,444 2,903 152,229
754

2,452 5,629 2,591 15,504 1,905 4,797 1,113 2,294 3,715 3,281 3,572 3,359 10,619 2,907 2,321 7,214 2,762 2,203 1,747 2,931 2,467 2,652 2,583 6,421 2,479 3,242 3,120 1,109 1,859 4,009 3,011 5,232 1,689 1,894 1,584 2,504 4,056 1,040 5,525 1,115 3,749 1,707 8,549 2,388
767 1,052 1,205 2,654 3,069 165,647
820

All Felony Total

Dockets Filed

Defendants Filed

754 2,091
769 11,400
1,237 2,555
652 1,160 2,617 1,489 1,655 2,319 5,872
981 755 3,477 1,559 1,280 879 1,952 782 1,327 2,010 4,344 1,229 1,480 1,601 683 773 2,191 1,481 2,115 736 1,155 569 964 1,762 645 1,466 736 2,252 811 4,571 751 468 382 495 1,455 1,182 85,869 425

754 2,145
951 13,620
1,333 3,087
775 1,377 2,701 1,732 1,780 2,661 6,794 1,222
860 3,807 1,821 1,616
950 1,952
911 1,843 2,010 4,801 1,365 1,484 1,845
805 884 2,423 1,660 2,355 853 1,248 656 1,084 2,040 723 1,748 872 2,567 885 5,403 928 496 421 615 1,660 1,333 97,856 484

Unified Appeals Defendants Filed
0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 23 0

Felony

Dockets Filed

Defendants Filed

754 2,089
769 11,400
1,236 2,554
652 1,160 2,617 1,489 1,655 2,318 5,872
981 755 3,472 1,559 1,280 879 1,952 781 1,324 2,010 4,344 1,227 1,480 1,601 683 773 2,191 1,481 2,115 735 1,154 569 964 1,762 645 1,465 736 2,252 811 4,570 751 468 382 495 1,451 1,182 85,845 425

754 2,143
951 13,620 1,332 3,086
775 1,377 2,701 1,732 1,780 2,660 6,794 1,222
860 3,802 1,821 1,616
950 1,952
910 1,840 2,010 4,801 1,363 1,484 1,845
805 884 2,423 1,660 2,355 852 1,247 656 1,084 2,040 723 1,747 872 2,567 885 5,402 928 496 421 615 1,656 1,333 97,832 484

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Superior Court Caseload Calendar Year 2008

Misdemeanor

Dockets Filed

Defendants Filed

Probation Revocation
Petitions Filed

1,299 1,743 1,092
0 84 657 42 215 448 590 1,362 111 28 1,229 739 2,471
8 51 340 924 1,083 60 403
0 136 710
74 15 176 846 700 1,683 515 67 523 1,188 1,361
0 1,634
55 105 281 1,227 658
48 372 291 156 320 28,120 139

1,299 1,761 1,215
0 86 735 45 219 490 600 1,389 115 28 1,309 784 2,503
8 59 354 924 1,141 108 403
0 147 710
74 16 185 932 711 1,733 542 73 548 1,240 1,417
0 1,820
79 116 297 1,351 745
48 380 316 161 335 29,551 146

399 1,723
425 1,884
486 975 293 698 524 949 403 583 3,797 376 677 904 933 528 443
55 415 701 170 1,620 967 1,048 1,201 288 790 654 640 1,144 294 573 380 180 599 317 1,957 164 1,066 525 1,795 715 223 251 274 833 1,401 38,240 189

Total Civil
Dockets Filed
2,737 9,953 3,849 17,667 4,905 11,223 3,427 4,549 6,895 9,541 7,474 5,589 9,710 5,992 3,486 12,635 3,410 6,100 3,891 4,681 3,257 5,398 7,120 14,248 6,438 7,510 7,932 2,929 3,171 5,159 4,913 6,524 3,131 4,419 2,968 6,810 6,714 2,215 5,785 2,708 6,932 2,608 12,977 3,526 3,285 2,895 3,693 4,171 4,219 291,369 1,442

General Civil
Dockets Filed
1,207 6,529 2,236 5,624 1,812 4,405 1,838 2,273 3,154 4,843 4,269
995 1,911 3,642 1,598 5,400 1,569 3,619 1,685 2,308 1,947 2,246 3,606 4,248 1,996 3,508 1,756 1,161 1,686 2,974 2,532 3,786 1,451 1,707 1,113 4,708 4,405
701 2,644 1,517 3,352 1,548 3,588 2,138 1,694 1,275 2,035 1,953 2,021 130,213
645

Domestic Relations
Dockets Filed
1,530 3,424 1,613 12,043 3,093 6,818 1,589 2,276 3,741 4,698 3,205 4,594 7,799 2,350 1,888 7,235 1,841 2,481 2,206 2,373 1,310 3,152 3,514 10,000 4,442 4,002 6,176 1,768 1,485 2,185 2,381 2,738 1,680 2,712 1,855 2,102 2,309 1,514 3,141 1,191 3,580 1,060 9,389 1,388 1,591 1,620 1,658 2,218 2,198 161,156
798

Total Dockets
Filed
5,189 15,510
6,135 30,951
6,712 15,410
4,414 6,622 10,484 12,569 10,894 8,602 19,407 8,578 5,657 19,487 5,910 7,959 5,553 7,612 5,537 7,486 9,703 20,212 8,770 10,748 10,808 3,915 4,910 8,850 7,734 11,466 4,676 6,214 4,440 9,142 10,436 3,177 10,842 3,663 10,355 4,225 20,570 5,650 4,024 3,900 4,753 6,615 7,122 443,598 2,196

Circuit
Alapaha Alcovy Appalachian Atlanta Atlantic Augusta Bell-Forsyth Blue Ridge Brunswick Chattahoochee Cherokee Clayton Cobb Conasauga Cordele Coweta Dougher ty Douglas Dublin Eastern Enotah Flint Griffin Gwinnett Houston Lookout Mountain Macon Middle Mountain Nor theastern Nor thern Ocmulgee Oconee Ogeechee Pataula Paulding Piedmont Rockdale Rome South Georgia Southern Southwestern Stone Mountain Tallapoosa Tifton Toombs Towaliga Waycross Western Total

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State Court Appointments 7/1/08 -- 6/30/09
Judge Larry A Baldwin Hall County, 09/26/08
Judge Jason T. Harper Henry County, 09/26/08

State Court Elections 7/1/08 -- 6/30/09
Judge Kenneth Futch Bacon County, 01/01/09

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The State Courts
State courts are county courts that exercise limited jurisdiction. State court judges have criminal jurisdiction over misdemeanor offenses, felony preliminary hearings, traffic violations, application and issuance of search and arrest warrants. Civil matters not reserved exclusively to the superior courts are also adjudicated in state courts. Appeals of judgments from the magistrate courts may be returned to the state court and handled as a de novo appeal.
The General Assembly creates state courts by local legislation establishing 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 elections.
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State Court Caseload Calendar Year 2008
(number of cases)

County Appling Bacon Baldwin Bibb Brooks Bryan Bulloch Burke Candler Carroll Charlton Chatham Chattooga Cherokee Clarke Clayton Clinch Cobb Coffee Colquitt Coweta Decatur DeKalb Dougher ty Douglas Early Effingham Elber t Emanuel Evans Fayette Forsyth Fulton Glynn Grady Gwinnett Habersham Hall Henry

Serious Traffic

Open

Filed Disposed

N/R

N/R

N/R

21

48

35

1,851 2,787 2,499

760

873

774

15

85

70

N/R

N/R

N/R

N/R

N/R

N/R

58

16

11

36

23

62

398

567

503

33

63

57

671

793

343

49

215

166

961

992 1,059

200

628

584

N/R 1,334 1,006

12

53

N/R

N/R 3,519

N/R

33

392

259

95

98

86

137

887

566

83

224

262

7,084 3,330 3,113

109

162

899

1,101

649

640

5

56

48

24

79

55

1

0

0

N/R

N/R

N/R

62

79

74

120

248

207

342 1,149

888

N/R 2,080

873

5,662 9,774

674

N/R

N/R

N/R

966 3,497 2,773

136 1,410

847

583

749

419

648 4,068 3,786

Non-Traffic Misdemeanors

Open

Filed Disposed

N/R

185

N/R

42

143

142

943 3,334 3,017

2,199 2,686 2,643

19

266

247

N/R

727

N/R

N/R

N/R

N/R

1,121

690

572

47

86

56

910 1,172 1,168

199

295

315

5,449 3,009 3,249

77

626

549

2,048 2,693 2,581

1,273 2,818 2,550

N/R 15,486 11,549

55

155

N/R

N/R 7,813 7,421

546 1,394

848

1,085 1,121 1,075

1,300 2,586 1,684

131

657

623

3,133 7,803 8,151

756 2,455 2,552

1,941 1,769 1,391

1

202

195

434 1,697 1,940

1,480

828

913

N/R

N/R

N/R

254

109

91

742 1,260 1,365

500

740

830

N/R 8,105 6,374

N/R

533

169

N/R

181

173

1,939 6,960 6,090

321 1,609 1,771

2,093 2,337 8,318

N/R

N/R

N/R

Probation Revocations

Open

Filed Disposed

N/R

N/R

N/R

0

5

5

0

0

0

0

286

286

8

76

68

N/R

N/R

N/R

N/R

N/R

N/R

0

47

47

0

7

0

551 1,324

782

21

127

132

21

652

706

0

0

0

0

385

385

298 1,137 1,124

N/R 3,063

N/R

0

0

N/R

N/R 4,339

N/R

N/R

N/R

N/R

4

78

82

174

568

394

0

50

50

0 2,418 2,418

N/R

N/R

N/R

1,576 2,952 1,287

1

4

2

9

127

131

0

0

N/R

N/R

N/R

N/R

0

8

8

84

693

695

21

481

502

1,132 1,085 2,763

55

N/R

N/R

N/R

46

45

168 1,905 1,809

0

47

47

11 1,285 1,274

2

492

490

Open N/R
57 4,668 2,999
184 N/R N/R 789
0 4,168 1,535 5,187
200 10,221
0 N/R
29 N/R 1,058 4,109 7,041 704
0 4,866 6,899
74 568 1,415 N/R 382 2,167 14,285 N/R N/R N/R N/R 288 4,064 564

Other Traffic

Filed Disposed

N/R

N/R

253

243

3,298 4,787

8,562 9,165

2,176 1,992

7,491

N/R

4,132 5,211

1,000

964

0

0

5,978 5,826

2,501 2,240

2,299 2,767

2,519 2,319

13,522 13,843

0

0

25,529 24,890

389

N/R

102,073 111,883

5,745 4,687

4,566 4,873

16,688 16,493

3,055 3,011

0

0

11,953 13,562

13,285 12,222

2,190 2,091

3,604 2,719

2,310 2,434

2,618

N/R

201

304

4,474 4,493

15,925 15,962

30,037 26,608

3,495

317

2,351 2,247

N/R

N/R

2,072 1,359

21,306 16,257

18,605 17,919

24

State Court Caseload Calendar Year 2008
(number of cases)

Landlord/Tenant Disp.

Open

Filed Disposed

N/R

0

N/R

2

4

3

0

0

0

88

28

49

0

0

0

N/R

N/R

N/R

N/R

N/R

N/R

41

43

33

1

3

3

N/R

N/R

N/R

0

0

0

66

200

184

0

0

0

6

20

23

5

12

14

N/R

30

28

0

0

0

N/R

18,091 21,322

N/R

156

156

0

0

0

2

3

2

1

1

1

0 39,049 39,049

0

0

0

9

29

33

N/R

0

0

1

2

1

0

0

0

N/R

N/R

N/R

3

3

2

16

16

13

130

1,134 1,147

N/R 51,442 50,830

0

7

5

N/R

N/R

N/R

38

142

148

0

7

11

1

7

10

5

35

30

Open N/R
18 4 5,283 41 N/R N/R 540 0 2,095 5 3,079 111 3,907 1,068 N/R 20 N/R N/R 441 662 267 17,658 452 824 3 192 0 101 133 2,429 3,736 N/R 460 N/R 14,530 2 1,397 1,415

Other Civil

Filed Disposed

134

N/R

43

48

0

0

3,829 3,555

59

18

233

N/R

620

874

278

210

69

26

2,252 1,427

12

11

5,368 5,258

220

109

3,521 3,633

1,645 1,682

13,436 13,047

20

5

29,081 25,789

307

226

464

489

2,107

818

246

231

28,943 24,412

1,508 1,569

1,702 1,681

90

84

406

417

0

0

177

76

111

78

1,528 1,093

4,290 3,786

63,500

N/R

1,072

545

175

185

33,945 30,290

441

319

2,320 2,408

5,344 3,929

County Totals

Open Filed Disposed

N/R

319

N/R

140

496

476

7,466 9,419 10,303

11,329 16,264 16,472

267 2,662 2,395

N/R 8,218

N/R

N/R 4,752 6,085

2,549 2,074 1,837

84

188

147

8,122 11,293 9,706

1,793 2,998 2,755

14,473 12,321 12,507

437 3,580 3,143

17,143 21,133 21,524

2,844 6,240 5,954

N/R 58,878 50,520

116

617

5

N/R 164,916 166,415

1,637 7,994 6,176

5,734 6,327 6,605

9,316 22,839 19,957

1,186 4,233 4,178

27,875 81,543 77,143

6,183 16,078 18,582

12,350 20,386 17,254

84 2,542 2,420

1,228 5,915 5,263

2,896 3,138 3,347

101 2,795

76

834

511

557

5,558 8,219 7,866

19,014 23,719 23,115

1,132 156,249 87,448

6,177 14,881 1,710

N/R 2,753 2,650

17,641 46,449 41,110

747 5,586 4,354

8,149 28,004 28,686

2,634 28,544 26,154

County
Appling Bacon Baldwin Bibb Brooks Br yan Bulloch Burke Candler Carroll Charlton Chatham Chattooga Cherokee Clarke Clayton Clinch Cobb Coffee Colquitt Coweta Decatur DeKalb Dougher ty Douglas Early Effingham Elber t Emanuel Evans Fayette Forsyth Fulton Glynn Grady Gwinnett Habersham Hall Henr y

25

State Court Caseload Calendar Year 2008
(number of cases)

County Houston Jackson Jeff Davis Jefferson Jenkins Liber ty Long Lowndes McIntosh Miller Mitchell Muscogee Pierce Putnam Richmond Rockdale Screven Spalding Stephens Sumter Tattnall Thomas Tift Toombs Treutlen Troup Turner Walker Ware Washington Wayne Wor th Total

Serious Traffic

Open

Filed Disposed

373

418

492

176

179

211

N/R

139

N/R

648

349

103

42

99

58

50

265

215

153

92

147

107

401

508

294

494

646

23

40

17

N/R

N/R

N/R

N/R

N/R

N/R

14

94

80

N/R

134

N/R

787 1,297 1,490

340

842

760

57

195

254

N/R

420

362

175

653

622

N/R

155

152

14

128

161

N/R

N/R

N/R

291 4,221

385

N/R

207

N/R

N/R

N/R

N/R

12

273

257

28

85

53

372

386

295

26

163

168

0 1,729 1,692

167

133

166

77

60

59

26,482 54,578 32,991

Non-Traffic Misdemeanors

Open

Filed Disposed

1,320 2,116 2,308

3 1,288

843

N/R

129

N/R

459

393

6

188

95

89

122

445

324

170

89

93

269 2,130 2,399

0

0

0

39

137

98

N/R

455

N/R

1,211 4,162 2,951

39

179

140

N/R

292

N/R

2,482 3,244 3,436

648 1,024

930

226 1,300 1,336

N/R 1,579 1,489

127 1,513 1,540

806

553

545

17

443

432

N/R 2,198 1,976

296

N/R

444

N/R

342

N/R

N/R

N/R

N/R

765 1,483 1,406

1

2

1

2,859 2,633 1,176

73

701

855

399

500

537

978

765

989

371

259

246

44,906 114,979 107,201

Probation Revocations

Open Filed Disposed

N/R

270

270

0

0

0

N/R

N/R

N/R

0

0

0

2

2

2

N/R

9

8

0

5

5

143

722

579

0

0

0

0

2

2

N/R

N/R

N/R

N/R

N/R

N/R

0

61

61

N/R

N/R

N/R

0

0

0

19

78

75

0

35

35

N/R 1,342 1,342

0

0

0

N/R

N/R

N/R

N/R

N/R

N/R

N/R

N/R

N/R

N/R

100

100

N/R

N/R

N/R

N/R

N/R

N/R

N/R

655

N/R

0

0

0

N/R

N/R

N/R

0

388

388

0

0

0

N/R

N/R

N/R

0

0

0

4,300 27,356 18,399

Open 7,494 9,901
N/R 946 726 196 728 1,243 6,538 333 N/R 606
46 N/R 17,206 6,647 N/R N/R
0 N/R
93 N/R 15,180 N/R N/R 5,705 2,541
0 726 1,273 966
0 157,615

Other Traffic

Filed Disposed

8,874 9,197

2,937 3,617

1,150

N/R

3,928

117

2,258 2,181

6,032 5,852

394

425

14,008 12,765

4,060 3,726

999

666

N/R

N/R

2,493 1,887

742

696

2,369

N/R

25,548 25,919

20,115 17,762

N/R

N/R

5,802 5,790

0

0

2,355 2,446

1,558 1,470

4,710 4,574

11,131 10,386

1,555

N/R

N/R

N/R

6,564 4,234

3,629 3,353

0

0

2,165 2,089

2,754 2,562

1,973 2,203

0

0

486,305 457,605

26

State Court Caseload Calendar Year 2008
(number of cases)

Landlord/Tenant Disp.

Open

Filed Disposed

5

6

4

1

12

11

N/R

N/R

N/R

27

33

20

0

0

0

N/R

N/R

N/R

0

0

0

0

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

N/R

N/R

N/R

N/R

N/R

N/R

0

0

0

N/R

N/R

N/R

3

4

3

9

20

15

0

14

14

N/R

0

0

0

0

0

N/R

N/R

N/R

4

8

5

N/R

N/R

N/R

29

53

24

N/R

N/R

N/R

N/R

N/R

N/R

N/R

N/R

N/R

0

0

0

4

1

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

N/R

N/R

N/R

0

0

0

498 110,616 113,194

Open 2,000
72 79 577
9 191
59 695
32 16 N/R N/R 39 N/R 5,015 1,645 75 N/R
0 188
76 N/R
49 N/R N/R 799
18 381 235 250
3 169 73,545

Other Civil

Filed Disposed

2,054 1,680

860

385

119

112

89

30

77

31

548

357

39

23

1,232

537

50

83

58

42

184

N/R

N/R

N/R

117

78

8

N/R

2,673

934

2,742 2,324

141

63

899

591

0

0

396

260

174

136

518

397

298

249

N/R

N/R

N/R

N/R

881

873

16

12

584

470

423

415

182

138

0

0

167

119

225,025 138,667

County Totals

Open Filed Disposed

11,192 13,738 13,951

10,153 5,276 5,067

79 1,537

112

2,657 4,792

276

967 2,531 2,361

559 7,299 6,756

1,110

619

693

2,457 18,494 16,789

6,864 4,604 4,455

411 1,236

825

N/R

639

N/R

1,817 6,655 4,838

138 1,193 1,055

N/R 2,803

N/R

25,493 32,766 31,782

9,308 24,821 21,866

358 1,685 1,702

N/R 10,042 9,574

302 2,166 2,162

994 3,459 3,403

204 2,311 2,204

N/R 7,426 6,947

15,845 15,803 11,588

N/R 2,104

N/R

N/R 4,872

N/R

7,281 9,856 6,770

2,588 3,732 3,419

3,616 3,604 1,941

1,060 3,840 3,915

1,923 5,165 4,929

2,114 2,871 3,358

617

486

424

307,346 1,023,498 868,057

County
Houston Jackson Jeff Davis Jefferson Jenkins Liber ty Long Lowndes McIntosh Miller Mitchell Muscogee Pierce Putnam Richmond Rockdale Screven Spalding Stephens Sumter Tattnall Thomas Tift Toombs Treutlen Troup Turner Walker Ware Washington Wayne Wor th Total

27

The 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 superior 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.
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29

County Appling Atkinson Bacon Baker Baldwin Banks Barrow Bar tow Ben Hill Berrien Bibb Bleckley Brantley Brooks Bryan Bulloch Burke Butts Calhoun1 Camden Candler Carroll Catoosa Charlton Chatham Chattahoochee1 Chattooga Cherokee Clarke Clay Clayton Clinch Cobb Coffee Colquitt Columbia Cook Coweta Crawford Crisp1 Dade Dawson Decatur DeKalb Dodge Dooly Dougher ty Douglas Early Echols Effingham Elber t Emanuel Evans

Juvenile Court Caseload Calendar Year 2008 (number of children)

Filed N/R
17 30 23 N/R 34 435 452 219 96 2,037 49 81 107 66 N/R 153 255 66 271
3 725 310 24 2,807
35 63 796 847 60 3,344 37 3,952 382 250 781 N/R 637 N/R 250 65 100 317 5,157 N/R 35 1,135 1,623 114
5 238 175 75
73

Delinquent Disposed
N/R 15 32 18
N/R 32 395
400 238 52 2,137
46 81 99 47 N/R 157 146 46 287 1 746 N/R 23 2,919 N/R 60 790 897 56 3,366 N/R 3,599 251 184 573 N/R 678 N/R 197 41 89 272 5,395 N/R 30 684 1,662 110
0 178 180 24
60

Open N/R
2 6 18 N/R 2 108 541 252 44 851 3 0 8 19 N/R 169 109 31 289 116 27 77 4 652 N/R 3 335 1,275 4 487 N/R 353 131 66 208 N/R 243 N/R 98 24 50 45 663 N/R 5 451 79 4 5 27 205 1,259 13

Filed N/R
6 13 0 N/R 21 112 365 72 31 542 27 13 18 47 N/R 183 28
9 100 22 213 148
4 499
2 19 278 386
2 467
10 689
92 62 408 N/R 112 N/R 83 63 29 24 1,509 N/R
6 355 241
30 23 101 1 100 24

Unruly Disposed
N/R 5 14 0
N/R 21 111
341 78 16 526 24 13 18 47 N/R 180 17
4 100 18 227 N/R
4 491 N/R
14 300 448
2 614 N/R 641
42 53 271 N/R 116 N/R 71 33 30 22 1,339 N/R
6 242 229
25 2 80 1 20 22

Open N/R 1 1 1 N/R 0 12 314 46 15 197 3 0 0 0 N/R 104 11 5 69 210 5 23 0 124 N/R 5 151 801 0 95 N/R 48 50 9 137 N/R 57 N/R 17 30 31 2 208 N/R 0 113 10 5 21 8 0 563 2

Termination of Parental Rights

Filed Disposed Open

N/R

N/R

N/R

N/R

N/R

N/R

0

0

0

2

2

0

N/R

N/R

N/R

2

2

0

25

23

12

42

38

30

2

2

4

3

2

1

33

11

22

N/R

N/R

N/R

3

2

1

2

2

0

6

6

0

N/R

N/R

N/R

3

0

3

5

5

0

1

0

0

0

3

3

2

1

8

13

12

2

26

N/R

22

1

0

1

34

20

18

N/R

N/R

N/R

4

4

0

31

39

22

45

53

89

0

0

0

24

23

11

1

N/R

N/R

70

29

41

11

1

10

15

7

8

0

0

0

N/R

N/R

N/R

32

42

32

N/R

N/R

N/R

10

3

8

4

2

2

1

1

0

6

5

1

91

51

24

N/R

N/R

N/R

3

3

0

0

2

0

32

34

6

0

0

0

3

0

3

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

3

0

3

Filed N/R
3 6 0 N/R 13 338 643 7 35 1,282 3 23 45 13 N/R 38 353 7 35 16 166 168 29 682 5 121 438 303 2 1,038 11 1,344 105 66 55 N/R 395 N/R 103 25 25 94 1,640 N/R 32 133 284 38 6 15 37 4 42

Deprived Disposed
N/R 3 6 0
N/R 7
268 562
4 3 1,251 0 12 43 4 N/R 45 52 0 37 6 185 N/R 21 738 N/R 106 369 342 0 1,150 N/R 1,042 6 35 2 N/R 378 N/R 70 11 25 87 1,142 N/R 11 123 224 24 0 0 20 6 22

Open N/R N/R
11 0 N/R 6 123 467 199 32 458 3 11 2 9 N/R 91 291 0 38 343 9 407 8 104 N/R 15 257 837 2 341 N/R 302 99 31 53 N/R 313 N/R 93 14 19 7 226 N/R 21 10 116 14 6 4 103 518 20

30

Juvenile Court Caseload Calendar Year 2008 (number of children)

Traffic

Filed

Disposed Open

N/R

N/R

N/R

21

12

9

3

4

1

6

6

1

N/R

N/R

N/R

27

27

0

33

36

9

114

147

288

4

5

7

17

12

5

110

104

48

3

3

0

7

7

0

12

12

0

51

51

0

N/R

N/R

N/R

2

3

14

22

16

6

1

0

0

26

23

51

8

4

44

71

67

4

81

N/R

59

7

6

2

329

330

292

4

N/R

N/R

42

39

3

307

317

153

135

77

404

2

2

0

181

204

31

2

N/R

N/R

909

597

312

86

71

15

71

61

10

183

143

40

N/R

N/R

N/R

280

308

66

N/R

N/R

N/R

17

17

0

38

34

4

36

39

12

29

25

4

378

306

61

N/R

N/R

N/R

9

9

0

81

68

13

83

83

3

14

14

0

3

0

3

149

155

5

20

23

9

4

3

29

14

13

1

Special Proceedings

Filed Disposed Open

N/R

N/R

N/R

1

1

N/R

0

0

0

0

0

1

N/R

N/R

N/R

31

6

25

33

26

22

321

271

197

3

0

10

3

2

1

47

45

60

N/R

N/R

N/R

7

3

4

10

10

0

72

50

22

N/R

N/R

N/R

0

0

6

0

0

0

0

0

0

116

123

99

0

0

8

25

13

1

18

N/R

18

2

0

2

121

113

31

1

N/R

N/R

27

25

2

12

7

4

47

44

184

0

0

0

139

140

61

3

N/R

N/R

121

108

13

0

0

0

28

19

9

41

5

36

N/R

N/R

N/R

11

5

13

N/R

N/R

N/R

1

0

1

6

5

1

8

8

7

2

1

1

278

151

21

N/R

N/R

N/R

0

0

0

30

19

11

78

98

83

7

4

3

N/R

N/R

N/R

0

0

0

4

2

25

0

0

10

1

0

1

Filed 287
48 52 31 N/R 128 976 1,937 307 185 4,051 82 134 194 255 N/R 379 663 84 548 51 1,213 751 67 4,472 47 276 1,862 1,763 66 5,193 64 7,085 676 492 1,468 N/R 1,467 N/R 464 201 199 472 9,053 N/R 85 1,734 2,341 203 40 503 237 183 157

Total Disposed
N/R 36 56 26
N/R 95 859
1,759 327 87
4,074 73 118 184 205
N/R 385 236 50 573 30 1,250 N/R
54 4,611
N/R 248 1,822 1,861
60 5,497
6 6,016
371 359 994 N/R 1,527 N/R 358 126 192 412 8,384 N/R
59 1,138 2,330
177 2
413 226 53 117

Open N/R 12 19 21 N/R 33 286
1,837 518 98
1,636 9 16 10 50
N/R 387 417 36 549 729
48 606 17 1,221 N/R
28 922 3,590
6 1,026
58 1,069
305 133 474 N/R 724 N/R 217 75 119 60 1,203 N/R
26 598 297 26 38 44 342 2,379 40

County Appling Atkinson Bacon Baker Baldwin Banks Barrow Bar tow Ben Hill Berrien Bibb Bleckley Brantley Brooks Br yan Bulloch Burke Butts Calhoun1 Camden Candler Carroll Catoosa Charlton Chatham Chattahoochee1 Chattooga Cherokee Clarke Clay Clayton Clinch Cobb Coffee Colquitt Columbia Cook Coweta Crawford Crisp1 Dade Dawson Decatur DeKalb Dodge Dooly Dougher ty Douglas Early Echols Effingham Elber t Emanuel Evans

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Juvenile Court Caseload Calendar Year 2008 (number of children)

Delinquent

Unruly

Termination of Parental Rights

County

Filed Disposed Open

Filed Disposed Open

Filed Disposed Open

Fannin

121

N/R

N/R

78

N/R

N/R

N/R

N/R

N/R

Fayette

967

997

178

203

210

49

5

4

3

Floyd

714

664

183

217

228

31

24

37

14

Forsyth

488

416

72

161

134

27

13

9

4

Franklin

108

N/R

N/R

31

N/R

N/R

0

N/R

N/R

Fulton

5,010 5,699 1,906

847

907

241

121

214

53

Gilmer

233

124

109

117

58

59

3

1

2

Glascock

3

2

1

2

2

0

1

1

0

Glynn

643

640

73

135

149

6

14

12

3

Gordon

262

237

25

129

128

1

13

3

10

Grady

92

77

76

50

35

47

3

0

9

Greene

140

54

86

20

8

12

5

1

4

Gwinnett

5,816 7,051 1,758

1,397 1,813

271

69

69

140

Habersham

133

109

24

109

91

18

4

3

1

Hall

890 1,026

305

196

267

50

85

91

5

Hancock

36

N/R

N/R

11

N/R

N/R

N/R

N/R

N/R

Haralson

110

87

23

231

217

14

5

5

0

Harris

58

52

21

21

21

7

1

2

0

Har t

132

21 1,706

0

0

34

0

0

2

Heard

N/R

N/R

N/R

N/R

N/R

N/R

N/R

N/R

N/R

Henr y1

1,904 2,242

390

504

573

30

23

38

1

Houston

1,811 1,726

85

892

747

145

56

39

17

Irwin

36

36

19

12

7

14

0

0

0

Jackson

307

317

65

25

28

4

4

4

6

Jasper

82

61

21

21

18

3

0

0

0

Jeff Davis

86

42

7

18

9

1

2

0

2

Jefferson

N/R

N/R

N/R

N/R

N/R

N/R

N/R

N/R

N/R

Jenkins

43

31

11

3

2

5

4

2

3

Johnson

N/R

N/R

N/R

N/R

N/R

N/R

N/R

N/R

N/R

Jones

115

13

102

74

6

68

3

3

0

Lamar

191

111

80

23

15

8

6

4

2

Lanier

22

22

0

6

1

5

N/R

N/R

N/R

Laurens

602

531

71

85

80

5

73

73

0

Lee

179

179

19

24

24

1

3

3

0

Liber ty

457

336

121

185

132

53

0

0

0

Lincoln

N/R

N/R

N/R

N/R

N/R

N/R

N/R

N/R

N/R

Long1

77

48

51

32

22

33

3

3

3

Lowndes

123

107

16

692

571

121

26

14

12

Lumpkin

156

N/R

N/R

77

N/R

N/R

15

N/R

N/R

Macon

31

36

1

8

8

0

6

3

3

Madison

89

67

22

15

10

5

6

5

1

Marion

12

N/R

0

11

11

0

N/R

N/R

N/R

McDuffie

140

140

57

90

84

33

2

2

0

McIntosh

68

45

46

29

13

24

0

0

2

Meriwether

145

113

32

23

20

3

1

1

0

Miller

27

27

0

4

4

0

0

0

0

Mitchell

160

N/R

N/R

65

N/R

N/R

3

N/R

N/R

Monroe

209

213

31

108

98

10

6

8

2

Montgomer y

29

26

3

4

4

0

3

1

2

Morgan

117

113

4

15

15

0

3

3

0

Murray

264

236

28

72

64

8

31

30

1

Muscogee

2,258 2,317 1,042

744

813

475

7

12

3

Newton

785 1,007

162

227

301

38

7

8

1

Oconee1

122

120

2

45

43

2

2

2

0

All Counties reported by number of cases unless otherwise indicated. 1Denotes those Counties reporting the number of charges.

Filed 63
356 883 141
41 2,339
55 3 80 469 55 37 699 68 300 2 82 62 103 N/R 355 505 4 204 13 10 N/R 32 N/R 71 38 11 106 60 75 N/R 0 69 72 52 49 7 120 37 71 15 72 143 7 15 146 771 171 83

Deprived Disposed
N/R 336 904 140 N/R 3,543
12 3 55 408 42 9 1,654 51 300 N/R 14 60 2 N/R 485 409 7 175 1 0 N/R 27 N/R 0 20 N/R 50 45 37 N/R 3 12 N/R 45 24 4 123 29 70 12 N/R 128 3 9 146 769 186 77

Open N/R 105 173
1 N/R 546
43 0 30 61 142 28 2,598 17 107 N/R 68 39 1,142 N/R 111 96 11 201 12 4 N/R 9 N/R 71 18 11 56 21 38 N/R 2 57 N/R 10 25 3 24 53 1 3 N/R 16 4 6 0 223 31 6

32

Juvenile Court Caseload Calendar Year 2008 (number of children)

Traffic

Filed

Disposed Open

Special Proceedings

Filed Disposed Open

Filed

24

N/R

N/R

11

N/R

N/R

297

419

404

99

7

0

11

1,957

209

250

18

72

73

43

2,119

211

137

74

10

8

2

1,024

3

N/R

N/R

3

N/R

N/R

186

544

531

240

389

497

110

9,250

17

17

0

0

0

0

425

1

1

0

0

0

0

10

140

160

18

138

157

3

1,150

81

80

1

3

3

0

957

22

21

20

8

3

6

230

17

11

6

8

2

6

227

1,032

1,140

225

269

256

184

9,282

30

25

5

0

0

0

344

261

275

63

30

29

14

1,762

5

N/R

N/R

3

N/R

N/R

57

12

12

0

2

2

0

442

54

49

11

8

5

12

204

0

0

24

0

0

0

235

N/R

N/R

N/R

N/R

N/R

N/R

N/R

303

353

15

19

14

3

3,108

219

201

18

44

29

15

3,527

12

10

11

0

0

0

64

24

25

9

74

58

103

638

6

4

2

4

1

3

126

20

6

1

3

0

0

139

N/R

N/R

N/R

N/R

N/R

N/R

N/R

1

1

0

1

0

1

84

N/R

N/R

N/R

N/R

N/R

N/R

N/R

29

2

25

0

0

0

292

8

5

3

82

64

18

348

9

5

4

1

N/R

1

49

91

91

0

28

28

0

985

42

43

0

20

21

1

328

77

67

10

5

0

5

799

N/R

N/R

N/R

N/R

N/R

N/R

N/R

19

16

24

0

0

0

131

101

94

7

122

107

15

1,133

18

N/R

N/R

202

N/R

N/R

540

13

13

0

6

5

1

116

12

12

0

1

1

0

172

6

6

0

N/R

N/R

N/R

36

40

54

6

17

15

2

409

9

3

5

2

1

1

145

7

7

0

148

139

8

395

10

10

0

22

17

5

78

20

N/R

N/R

6

N/R

N/R

326

34

32

14

2

2

0

502

1

1

0

5

2

3

49

64

59

5

0

0

0

214

50

47

3

131

126

5

694

155

172

90

106

117

62

4,041

63

71

9

51

49

9

1,304

43

41

2

16

13

3

311

All Counties reported by number of cases unless otherwise indicated. 1Denotes those Counties reporting the number of charges.

Total Disposed
N/R 1,951 2,156
844 N/R 11,391 212
9 1,173
859 178 85 11,983 279 1,988 N/R 337 189
23 N/R 3,705 3,151
60 607 85 57 N/R
63 N/R
24 219
28 853 315 572 N/R 92 905 N/R 110 119 21 418 91 350 70 N/R 481 37 199 649 4,200 1,622 296

Open
N/R 445 462 180 N/R 3,096 213
1 133
98 300 142 5,176
65 544 N/R 105 90 2,908 N/R 550 376
55 388 41 15 N/R
29 N/R 266 129
21 132 42 227 N/R 113 228 N/R 15 53
3 122 131 44
8 N/R
73 12 15 45 1,895 250 15

County
Fannin Fayette Floyd Forsyth Franklin Fulton Gilmer Glascock Glynn Gordon Grady Greene Gwinnett Habersham Hall Hancock Haralson Harris Har t Heard Henr y1 Houston Irwin Jackson Jasper Jeff Davis Jefferson Jenkins Johnson Jones Lamar Lanier Laurens Lee Liber ty Lincoln Long1 Lowndes Lumpkin Macon Madison Marion McDuffie McIntosh Meriwether Miller Mitchell Monroe Montgomery Morgan Murray Muscogee Newton Oconee1

33

Juvenile Court Caseload Calendar Year 2008 (number of children)

County Oglethorpe Paulding Peach1 Pickens Pierce Pike1 Polk Pulaski Putnam Quitman Rabun Randolph1 Richmond Rockdale Schley Screven1 Seminole Spalding1 Stephens Stewar t Sumter Talbot Taliaferro Tattnall Taylor Telfair Terrell1 Thomas Tift Toombs Towns Treutlen Troup1 Turner Twiggs Union Upson Walker Walton1 Ware Warren Washington Wayne Webster Wheeler White Whitfield Wilcox Wilkes Wilkinson Wor th
Total

Delinquent Filed Disposed Open

88 759 54 145 65 96 251 N/R 86
4 N/R
91 1,299
733 43 190 173 728 116 45 447 37 6 53 26 58 75 342 252 203 21 N/R 1,168
5 N/R N/R N/R 301 1,121 308
21 99 170
8 11 N/R 715 29 23 37 209 66,120

79 747 36 121 54 96 293 N/R 75
4 N/R
83 1,271
735 45 131 40 718 104 47 462 37 6 60 22 53 68 299 183 61 11 N/R 1,347
5 N/R N/R N/R 347 1,124 294
15 98 95 8 10 N/R 691 27 16 32 181 65,042

159 284 42 42 11
0 31 N/R 11 0 N/R
8 28 67
1 57 133 103 12 6 34 0 N/R 35 4 5 25 43 69 142 10 N/R 1,737
0 N/R N/R N/R 186 167 506
6 112 75
0 1 N/R 235 2 30 22 526 23,362

Filed
21 265 17 106 24
0 54 N/R 36 2 N/R 13 1,829 122
8 10 10 106 101 8 120 12 3 52 13 16 8 75 95 158 11 N/R 210 19 N/R N/R N/R 162 277 95 10 29 52
2 1 N/R 324 0 8 17 69 20,247

Unruly Disposed Open

22 256
9 67 23 0 68 N/R 34 2 N/R
9 1,829
114 8 4 1
102 95 9 121 12 3 49 12 15 7 49 54 62 5 N/R 201 15 N/R N/R N/R 173 271 86
2 28 31 2 1 N/R 344 0 3 17 62 19,146

83 67 11 88 1 0 0 N/R 2 0 N/R 4
0 12 0 6 9 17 6 0 7 0 N/R 48 1 1 2 26 41 96 6 N/R 494
4 N/R N/R N/R
84 63 232 8 46 21 0 0 N/R 89 0 9 21 174 7,244

Termination of Parental Rights Filed Disposed Open

0

0

4

12

12

3

6

7

4

13

5

9

4

4

0

0

0

0

19

28

1

N/R

N/R

N/R

0

0

0

N/R

N/R

N/R

N/R

N/R

N/R

36

34

2

14

6

8

4

5

1

4

2

2

N/R

N/R

N/R

0

0

0

32

34

7

5

4

1

0

0

0

6

12

0

0

0

0

0

0

N/R

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

3

2

1

0

4

0

1

0

1

0

0

0

N/R

N/R

N/R

0

0

16

0

0

0

N/R

N/R

N/R

N/R

N/R

N/R

N/R

N/R

N/R

16

35

19

34

34

12

4

2

6

1

0

0

0

0

0

2

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

N/R

N/R

N/R

85

82

19

6

6

0

3

1

4

12

11

3

0

0

2

1,575 1,473

823

All Counties reported by number of cases unless otherwise indicated. 1Denotes those Counties reporting the number of charges.

Filed
18 397 136 80 20 89 345 N/R
36 1 N/R 1 491 146 22 N/R 50 766 97 12 100 0 2 18 19 10 11 88 62 79 18 N/R 293 10 N/R N/R N/R 223 406 205 0 14 19 4 4 N/R 287 14 0 26 13 24,120

Deprived Disposed

Open

15 401 98 31 16 86 391 N/R 29 N/R N/R
1 222 193 17 N/R
3 752 78 10 106
0 2 10 15 7 10 80 15 34 1 N/R 274 7 N/R N/R N/R 300 413 180 0 9 0 2 1 N/R 288 12 3 29 16 23,028

76 152 168 119
4 3 24 N/R 7 1 N/R 0 269 44 5 N/R 47 142 19 2 2 0 N/R 85 4 3 3 8 43 45 17 N/R 629 3 N/R N/R N/R 153 66 300 0 273 19 2 3 N/R 29 2 27 10 166 15,230

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Juvenile Court Caseload Calendar Year 2008 (number of children)

Filed
17 115
46 44 12 9 36 N/R 30 N/R N/R 20 171 83
7 16 13 48 10
2 25 11
5 7 13 3 9 114 101 28 10 N/R 190 14 N/R N/R N/R 87 100 17 2 40 19 4 0 N/R 222 2 5 7 25 10,359

Traffic Disposed
10 103
34 38
9 9 37 N/R 28 N/R N/R 19 171 87 7 8 4 56 10 2 28 11 5 8 11 3 9 104 81 22 9 N/R 221 12 N/R N/R N/R 95 97 16 2 36 15 4 0 N/R 229 2 4 5 35 9,743

Open
35 18 20
3 3 0 6 N/R 2 N/R N/R 1 0 7 0 10 9 2 0 0 0 0 N/R 9 2 0 0 10 20 6 1 N/R 532 2 N/R N/R N/R 55 22 67 0 38 4 0 0 N/R 34 0 11 3 157 4,174

Special Proceedings Filed Disposed Open

4 23
3 17 0 0 7 N/R 1 N/R N/R 0 510 52
1 N/R
0 29
1 0 20 11 0 0 3 8 26 2 0 4 0 N/R 32 45 N/R N/R N/R 5 9 17 2 2 0 0 11 N/R 717 8 1 4 0 5,309

3 22
2 3 0 0 11 N/R 1 N/R N/R 0 500 81 0 N/R 0 24 1 0 19 11 0 0 3 2 25 2 0 0 0 N/R 32 32 N/R N/R N/R 3 10 8 2 3 0 0 8 N/R 675 8 2 1 0 4,642

6 3 15 26 0 0 1 N/R 0 N/R N/R 0 10 2 1 N/R 0 10 0 0 1 0 N/R 0 0 6 7 0 0 4 0 N/R 106 13 N/R N/R N/R 7 1 54 0 6 0 0 3 N/R 151 0 1 3 6 2,091

Total Filed Disposed Open

148 1,571
262 405 125 194 712 N/R 189
7 N/R 161 4,314 1,140
85 216 246 1,709 330
67 718 71 16 131
74 95 129 624 510 473 60 N/R 1,893 93 N/R N/R N/R 794 1,947 646 36 184 262 18 27 N/R 2,350 59 40 103 316 127,730

129 1,541
186 265 106 191 828 N/R 167
6 N/R 146 3,999 1,215
79 143 48 1,686 292
68 748 71 16 128
63 80 119 536 337 179 26 N/R 2,075 71 N/R N/R N/R 953 1,949 586 21 174 143 16 20 N/R 2,309 55 29 95 294 123,074

363 527 260 287
19 3 63 N/R 22 1 N/R 15 315 133 9 73 198 281 38 8 44 0 N/R 177 11 15 37 88 173 294 34 N/R 3,514 22 N/R N/R N/R 504 331 1,165 14 475 119 2 7 N/R 557 4 82 62 1,031 52,924

County
Oglethorpe Paulding Peach1 Pickens Pierce Pike1 Polk Pulaski Putnam Quitman Rabun Randolph1 Richmond Rockdale Schley Screven1 Seminole Spalding1 Stephens Stewar t Sumter Talbot Taliaferro Tattnall Taylor Telfair Terrell1 Thomas Tift Toombs Towns Treutlen Troup1 Turner Twiggs Union Upson Walker Walton1 Ware Warren Washington Wayne Webster Wheeler White Whitfield Wilcox Wilkes Wilkinson Wor th
Total

All Counties reported by number of cases unless otherwise indicated. 1Denotes those Counties reporting the number of charges.

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36

The 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. In some counties probate judges may hold habeas corpus hearings or preside over criminal preliminary hearings. Unless a jury trial is requested, a probate court judge 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 make appointments to certain local public offices.
37

Probate Court Civil Caseload for Calendar Year 2008 (docket entries)

County Appling2 Atkinson Bacon Baker Baldwin Banks Barrow Bar tow Ben Hill Berrien Bibb Bleckley Brantley Brooks3 Br yan Bulloch2 Burke Butts Calhoun3 Camden3 Candler2 Carroll3 Catoosa3 Charlton Chatham Chattahoochee Chattooga2 Cherokee Clarke Clay Clayton Clinch1 Cobb Coffee Colquitt Columbia Cook Coweta Crawford Crisp Dade Dawson2 Decatur DeKalb Dodge Dooly1 Dougher ty Douglas Early Echols Effingham Elber t Emanuel Evans

Letters of Admin.
9 N/R
21 N/R
43 9 61 80 12 21
152 7 19 17 13 31 16 17 7 26 3
113 36
N/R 709
3 8 88 63 1 116 0 215 32 49 80 N/R 74 15 N/R 22 10 26 740 N/R 1 120 83 13 2 33 26 20 11

No Admin. Necessary
0 N/R
1 N/R
4 1 9 9 1 1 17 0 1 2 5 2 5 3 0 3 2 3 2 N/R 94 0 0 13 6 1 13 0 10 4 10 2 N/R 7 0 N/R 2 1 9 28 N/R 6 7 12 1 0 8 2 14 0

Will Probate
14 N/R
30 N/R
97 66 104 179 32 48 386 35 37 30 42 82 39 47
8 106
15 167
96 N/R 2,166
8 18 272 238 11 222 4 758 86 95 223 N/R 241 32 N/R 25 23 75 1,311 N/R
6 188 162 47
6 136 70 38 35

Year's Support
0 N/R
4 N/R
6 10 31 16
3 0 53 2 8 3 11 4 8 18 0 0 1 9 0 N/R 247 0 3 24 18 0 31 0 29 3 3 77 N/R 32 4 N/R 2 2 4 231 N/R 0 14 14 1 1 48 8 5 3

Guardianship
4 N/R
24 N/R
75 28 87 152 23 41 212 27 54 13 116 54
8 35
4 39
2 242
41 N/R 1,855
12 7
174 70 4
260 0
290 63 83 120
N/R 188
26 N/R
16 20 29 1,037 N/R 1 156 181 27 9 98 33 16 24

This report contains only the courts who have reported at least one quarter. 1One quarter reported 2Two quarters reported 3Three quarters reported N/R = No Response
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Petitions
0 N/R
0 N/R
8 1 0 6 1 1 22 0 0 0 1 2 1 3 0 4 4 4 3 N/R 50 0 0 7 17 0 13 0 22 5 1 10 N/R 10 5 N/R 0 0 2 32 N/R 0 49 9 3 0 18 0 1 0

Custodial
0 N/R
0 N/R
0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/R 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/R 0 0 N/R 0 0 0 1 N/R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Citations
0 N/R
0 N/R
0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 N/R 1,391 1 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/R 5 0 N/R 0 0 1 4 N/R 0 19 4 0 0 0 0 0 1

Probate Court Civil Caseload for Calendar Year 2008 (docket entries)

Misc.
0 N/R
4 N/R 160
5 96 77 5 21 536
0 5 23 32 87 0 18 0 47 0 175 43 N/R 1,263 11 0 385 144 1 338 3 619 59 64 13 N/R 105 2 N/R 24 7 18 7,942 N/R 1 138 18 10 4 87 24 29 5

Inventories
2 N/R
0 N/R 166
16 107
4 1 3 298 0 1 10 19 11 20 17 0 67 0 147 10 N/R 271 2 5 438 184 1 661 0 986 42 120 60 N/R 447 3 N/R 7 3 93 1,506 N/R 0 136 495 0 0 378 7 40 5

Mental Health
3 N/R
0 N/R
95 8 17 44 1 7 8 0 0 10 5 35 0 3 0 0 0 72 0 N/R 18 0 7 34 58 0 75 0 125 18 32 9 N/R 31 1 N/R 2 0 11 429 N/R 2 139 11 6 0 23 15 14 3

Habeas Corpus
0 N/R
0 N/R
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 139 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/R 0 0 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/R 0 8 N/R 0 0 0 0 N/R 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0

Total Dockets
32 N/R
84 N/R 654 144 512 567
79 145 1,686
76 125 108 244 447 97 161 19 292 27 935 231 N/R 8,067
37 56 1,451 799 19 1,729 7 3,054 312 457 594 N/R 1,140 96 N/R 100 66 268 13,261 N/R 18 966 989 108 22 829 185 183 87

Licenses

Marriage

Firearm

93 N/R 115 N/R 320 106 404 895 162 183 1,237
89 132
66 261 279 186 174 22 744 53 681 1,271 N/R 2,964
83 114 1,059 942 25 1,409 22 5,728 411 390 688 N/R 837
73 N/R 160
66 131 3,753 N/R
16 591 1,152
76 118 376 153 163 86

113 N/R 177 N/R 703 328 1,021 1,916 230 306 1,711 203 306
97 580 153 296 357 34 422 20 1,246 646 N/R 2,555 109 170 2,554 877
64 2,967
9 6,847
323 457 1,755 N/R 2,267 301 N/R 273 291 418 4,236 N/R
24 718 2,203 182
50 956 302 324 144

County Appling2 Atkinson Bacon Baker Baldwin Banks Barrow Bar tow Ben Hill Berrien Bibb Bleckley Brantley Brooks3 Br yan Bulloch2 Burke Butts Calhoun3 Camden3 Candler2 Carroll3 Catoosa3 Charlton Chatham Chattahoochee Chattooga2 Cherokee Clarke Clay Clayton Clinch1 Cobb Coffee Colquitt Columbia Cook Coweta Crawford Crisp Dade Dawson2 Decatur DeKalb Dodge Dooly1 Dougher ty Douglas Early Echols Effingham Elber t Emanuel Evans

This report contains only the courts who have reported at least one quarter. 1One quarter reported 2Two quarters reported 3Three quarters reported N/R = No Response
39

Probate Court Civil Caseload for Calendar Year 2008 (docket entries)

County Fannin Fayette Floyd Forsyth Franklin Fulton Gilmer2 Glascock Glynn Gordon Grady Greene Gwinnett3 Habersham3 Hall Hancock1 Haralson3 Harris Har t Heard Henr y Houston Irwin2 Jackson Jasper3 Jeff Davis Jefferson1 Jenkins Johnson Jones Lamar3 Lanier3 Laurens Lee Liber ty Lincoln1 Long Lowndes Lumpkin Macon2 Madison2 Marion1 McDuffie McIntosh Meriwether2 Miller Mitchell2 Monroe Montgomery Morgan Murray Muscogee Newton2 Oconee

Letters of Admin.
23 36 87 55 29 849 26 N/R 107 39 31 22 217 32 85
0 23 32 23 19 94 82
4 48 10 10
9 13
8 41
9 3 48 32 117 3 13 N/R 39 3 3 4 21 24 14 5 11 N/R 13 18 N/R 138 44 12

No Admin. Necessary
3 8 6 2 1 55 0 N/R 5 8 5 7 18 3 19 0 1 4 1 1 8 16 2 6 0 0 1 1 2 6 4 9 4 4 4 0 3 N/R 0 1 2 1 1 1 3 1 3
3 8 N/R 9 1

Will Probate
51 234 244 261 79 1,752 22 N/R 288 83
59 44 616 70 431
0 63 82 72 23 279 291 16 138 33 25 20 27 21 66 44
7 113
63 161
10 5
N/R 55 17 13 6 50 27 50 23 28
N/R 14 53
N/R 495 74
2

Year's Support
7 33 15 16 8 101 5 N/R 32 3 0
2 83 6 19 0 20 10
5 6 49 25 0 19 9 0 1 2 1 14 4 2 6 5 36 1 7 N/R 4 0 4 0 6 4 2 2 1 N/R 2 7 N/R 62 19 7

Guardianship
26 152 142 143 67 1,673 17 N/R 125
38 18 21 866 25 175
0 40 37 42 26 501 165
3 77 23 36
4 25 10 51 16 15 27 56 384
1 37 N/R 52
3 15 3 45 24 22 10 17 N/R
9 46 N/R 143 143 22

This report contains only the courts who have reported at least one quarter.

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1One quarter reported 2Two quarters reported 3Three quarters reported N/R = No Response

Petitions
1 13 19 13 2 54 3 N/R 9
7 3 0 31 4 6 0 3 1 2 2 10 6 2 4 2 4 4 3 0 2 3 12 0 2 5 0 0 N/R 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 N/R 1 1 N/R 12 1 0

Custodial
0 2 0 0 0 0 0 N/R 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 N/R 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 N/R 0 0 N/R 0 0 0

Citations
0 0 1 6 0 27 0 N/R 0 0 0 0 47 0 42 0 0 0 0 0 1 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/R 0 0 N/R 4 0 1

Probate Court Civil Caseload for Calendar Year 2008 (docket entries)

Misc.
3 92 210 494 44 11,251 39 N/R 10
7 36 11 919 9 108 0 56 7 60 18 400 544 1 92 0 4 16 7 2 28 18 9 0 2 15 13 0 N/R 31
0 36
0 2 15 55 11 6 N/R 5 33 N/R 130 10 6

Inventories
29 111 156 436
7 1,134
18 N/R
62 25 10 24 1,255 9 156 0 27 0 55 11 581 233 2 185 2 7 4 26 7 26 26 3 0 0 66 0 0 N/R 48
1 0 5 5 5 20 15 6 N/R 0 1 N/R 4 0 18

Mental Health
7 10 121 20 1 138 3 N/R 51
9 14 6 133 11 54 0 23 5 22 0 42 34 0 9 4 4 3 0 9 7 8 0 20 1 16 0 2 N/R 23
1 0 0 8 20 13 6 5 N/R 0 4 N/R 180 16 8

Habeas Corpus
0 0 16 0 0 0 0 N/R 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 7 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/R 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 N/R 0 0 N/R 0 0 0

Total Dockets
150 691 1,017 1,446 238 17,034 133 N/R 689 219 188 137 4,186 169 1,096
0 256 178 282 106 1,965 1,423 30 580 83 97 62 104 61 241 132 62 218 165 804 28 67 N/R 254
26 74 19 139 128 179 73 80 N/R 47 171 N/R 1,177 308 76

Licenses
Marriage
187 641 694 992 111 6,278 100 N/R 1,125 390 160 124 4,077 184 1,124
0 176 218 197 99 1,276 1,152 45 402 107 142 36 77 41 171 106 61 366 242 1,140
5 81 N/R 274 37 117 14 154 93 72 49 80 N/R 54 123 N/R 1,910 353 156

Firearm
628 1,866 1,209 2,453
420 5,364
348 N/R 973 672 261 282 4,928 266 2,007
0 425 824 350 248 3,755 2,260 100 1,119 229 114 50 133 112 598 177 60 635 662 619 31 178 N/R 670
48 152 28 168 137 119
76 108 N/R
87 331 N/R 2,000 768 491

County Fannin Fayette Floyd Forsyth Franklin Fulton Gilmer2 Glascock Glynn Gordon Grady Greene Gwinnett3 Habersham3 Hall Hancock1 Haralson3 Harris Har t Heard Henr y Houston Irwin2 Jackson Jasper3 Jeff Davis Jefferson1 Jenkins Johnson Jones Lamar3 Lanier3 Laurens Lee Liber ty Lincoln1 Long Lowndes Lumpkin Macon2 Madison2 Marion1 McDuffie McIntosh Meriwether2 Miller Mitchell2 Monroe Montgomer y Morgan Murray Muscogee Newton2 Oconee

This report contains only the courts who have reported at least one quarter. 1One quarter reported 2Two quarters reported 3Three quarters reported N/R = No Response

41

Probate Court Civil Caseload for Calendar Year 2008 (docket entries)

County Oglethorpe Paulding Peach1 Pickens1 Pierce Pike Polk Pulaski3 Putnam Quitman3 Rabun Randolph Richmond Rockdale Schley2 Screven1 Seminole Spalding Stephens3 Stewar t3 Sumter Talbot Taliaferro Tattnall Taylor2 Telfair Terrell Thomas Tift Toombs1 Towns Treutlen1 Troup Turner Twiggs2 Union Upson3 Walker Walton Ware Warren1 Washington Wayne Webster2 Wheeler3 White3 Whitfield Wilcox3 Wilkes Wilkinson Wor th2 Total

Letters of Admin.
20 84 0 19 N/R 14 52
9 38
0 25 13 209 62
6 3 3 60 16 2 29 10 2 22 5 14 23 41 16 10 19 5 57 6 5 17 45 57 59 50 8 51 N/R 1 4 15 172 4 9 15 13 7,320

No Admin. Necessary
0 10 0
5 N/R
0 0 0 0 0 1 1 31 4 0 1 4 2 4 1 8 0 0 8 2 4 3 6 1 2 1 1 6 0 0 7 6 5 10 19 0 1 N/R 0 2 3 17 3 2 0 1 754

Will Probate
44 161
0 70 N/R 46 101 25 68
6 68 18 439 218 5 2 13 138 65 11 80 14
7 54
9 29 20 105 45 10 38
6 159 27
8 68 73 150 177 81 0 61 N/R
2 9 44 483 19 30 36 28 18,226

Year's Support
5 13 0
4 N/R
10 2 1 2 0 3 0
118 23 0 1 0 39 10
0 11
5 0 3 0 0 0 5 1 2 3 0 41 0 1 3 3 17 33 11 0 1 N/R 0 0 4 0 2 1 5 3 2,049

Guardianship
15 120
0 46 N/R 27 79 14 66
0 39
7 163 234
6 6 0 82 28 5 45 2 3 37 2 18 5 53 15 6 6 4 97 11 6 47 8 41 164 30 2 48 N/R 1 4 27 97 6 10 10 22 13,462

This report contains only the courts who have reported at least one quarter. 1One quarter reported 2Two quarters reported 3Three quarters reported N/R = No Response
42

Petitions
2 5 0 3 N/R 0 2 0 5 0 2 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 10 4 0 1 1 0 18 0 1 4 1 6 19 0 0 0 N/R 0 0 0 7 0 2 0 5 690

Custodial
0 0 0 0 N/R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 0 0 N/R 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 27

Citations
0 0 0 0 N/R 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 25 N/R 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1,696

Probate Court Civil Caseload for Calendar Year 2008 (docket entries)

Misc.
3 154
0 0 N/R 0 61 9 11 0 85 0 133 318 0 0 0 147 25 2 17 0 10 57 0 2 3 45 6 0 33 0 67 5 6 58 13 45 77 4 0 2 N/R 0 7 5 427 9 33 2 0 29,394

Inventories
58 193
0 5 N/R 0 38 0 47 0 112 1 165 18 0 0 0 80 18 2 20 4 0 60 0 0 4 35 0 4 6 0 68 29 1 14 12 9 86 0 0 3 N/R 0 1 5 180 0 9 0 13 12,910

Mental Health
6 18 0 0 N/R
8 48 0 16 1 2 16 91 8 0 0 0 30 17 2 16 0 0 30 0 3 5 272 0 4 0 0 54 21 0 0 3 9 33 0 0 20 N/R
0 0 8 6 0 14 1 8 3,212

Habeas Corpus
0 0 0 0 N/R 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 221

Total Dockets
153 758
0 152 N/R 105 383
58 258
7 337 61 1,414 885 17 13 20 579 188 25 226 35 22 274 19 70 74 566 84 39 107 16 572 99 28 218 166 339 668 195 10 212 N/R
4 27 113 1,389 43 110 72 98 89,961

Licenses

Marriage

Firearm

90 904
0 260 N/R 156 358
49 149 19 133 50 1,584 653 22 18 62 519 195 21 226 29 14 155 23 90 40 512 233 57 70 20 501 66 22 156 152 294 516 453 10 129 N/R
7 32 179 706 39 69 58 70 65,042

311 2,504
0 639 N/R 565 464 137 395
53 451 96 1,216 1,257 36 35 38 932 192 48 341 145 34 240 70 136 151 421 391 73 358 20 741 121 69 696 365 969 1,778 329
9 189 N/R
20 42 247 1,984 174 117 159 146 101,684

County
Oglethorpe Paulding Peach1 Pickens1 Pierce Pike Polk Pulaski3 Putnam Quitman3 Rabun Randolph Richmond Rockdale Schley2 Screven1 Seminole Spalding Stephens3 Stewar t3 Sumter Talbot Taliaferro Tattnall Taylor2 Telfair Terrell Thomas Tift Toombs1 Towns Treutlen1 Troup Turner Twiggs2 Union Upson3 Walker Walton Ware Warren1 Washington Wayne Webster2 Wheeler3 White3 Whitfield Wilcox3 Wilkes Wilkinson Wor th2 Total

This report contains only the courts who have reported at least one quarter. 1One quarter reported 2Two quarters reported 3Three quarters reported N/R = No Response
43

Probate Court Criminal Caseload for Calendar Year 2008 (docket entries)

MISDEMEANOR

Disposed by:

Guilty Cash Non

Bench Trial

Filed

Plea

Bond Trial

Acquitted Convicted

Atkinson

60

0 57

9

0

0

Baker

0

0

0

0

0

0

Banks

785 205 662 73

1

0

Barrow

0

0

0

0

0

0

Bar tow

366 269 12 54

2

0

Ben Hill

53 36

0

0

1

0

Berrien

0

0

0

0

0

0

Bleckley

0 81 259

5

0

0

Brantley

96 23 14 33

0

0

Butts

204 37 77 66

0

0

Calhoun3

2

2

0

0

0

0

Camden3

215 31 22 39

76

0

Catoosa3

24 12

4

9

1

0

Chattahoochee 43 30

5

8

2 27

Clay

23

2 23

0

0

0

Columbia

0

0

0

0

0

0

Cook

N/R N/R N/R N/R

N/R N/R

Crawford

116 34

6 22

0

0

Crisp

N/R N/R N/R N/R

N/R N/R

Dade

67 42 14 24

0

0

Dawson2

106 50 32 20

2

0

Dodge

0

0

0

0

0

0

Dooly1

47 34

7

2

0

0

Echols

103 80 10 13

0

0

Fannin

110 91

1

4

0

1

Floyd

0

0

0

0

0

0

Franklin

144 53 134 17

3

0

Gilmer2

111 80

4 12

5

1

Glascock

N/R N/R N/R N/R

N/R N/R

Gordon

164 103

5 54

0

4

Grady

59 53

0

0

0

0

Greene

151 25 65 27

12

0

Hancock1

0

0

0

0

0

0

Haralson3

21

0 13

2

0

1

Harris

130 106

3 13

8

0

Har t

136 30 97

1

0

0

Heard

56 12 10 18

7

0

Henr y

0

0 11

0

0

0

Irwin2

67 50

0

5

0

0

Jasper3

153 36 112

4

2

1

Johnson

40

6 27

2

0

0

Jones

169 47 60 50

43

0

Lamar3

150 93 48

2

2

9

Lanier3

113 14 51 15

4

0

Laurens

0

0

0

0

0

0

Lee

119 65

8 28

21

0

Lincoln1

195 151

0 15

0 151

Lumpkin

93 45

0

9

1

0

Guilty

Filed

Plea

4,025

4

0

1

3,829 996

3,567 6,238

9,079 7,842

1,661 1,286

0

0

1,080 122

1,989 651

3,707 607

792 430

6,771 3,153

1,656 405

4,216 918

450 56

9,995 5,027

N/R N/R

1,751 412

N/R N/R

2,513 865

3,316 2,096

1,675 627

2,513 1,985

1,044 640

1,556 1,322

10,886 1,249

4,202 768

792 714

N/R N/R

4,094 3,673

0

0

2,130 206

1,099 1,099

2,457 322

3,058 2,759

1,607 422

1,181 191

0

0

1,318 1,230

1,200 280

1,074 156

2,770 547

930 299

1,162 160

8,138 7,608

2,708 1,763

195 151

1,299 1,086

TRAFFIC

Disposed by:

Cash Non

Bench Trial

Bond Trial Acquitted Convicted

1,360 28

0

0

458

1

0

0

2,686 218

5 13

0 601

10 185

413 532

11 134

10 106

27

2

0

0

0

0

484

2

3

0

473 361

0

0

2,283 647

0

1

2

0

0

0

1,741 428

594 44

675 652

35

0

2,744 554

20 233

333 11

0

0

4,036 803

0

0

N/R N/R

N/R N/R

677 138

0

0

N/R N/R

N/R N/R

1,248 336

12 13

1,101 214

61

1

712 177

0

0

187 32

0

0

159 89

3

0

4 86

2

8

9,184 331

4 124

2,976 160

57

0

20 68

15

1

N/R N/R

N/R N/R

131 253

13 36

0

0

0

0

1,148 152

68

0

0 59

0

0

1,722 304

82

1

66 185

28 20

1,144 63

0

0

534 156

93

0

0

0

0

0

1 108

0

0

836 82

0

0

1,000 23

16 26

1,662 378

155

0

612 12

1 16

581 332

24

9

0 530

0

0

681 278

180

0

0 15

0 151

23 96

4

1

Total

Filed

Disposed

4,085 0
4,614 3,567 9,445 1,714
0 1,080 2,085 3,911
794 6,986 1,680 4,259
473 9,995
N/R 1,867
N/R 2,580 3,422 1,675 2,560 1,147 1,666 10,886 4,346
903 N/R 4,258
59 2,281 1,099 2,478 3,188 1,743 1,237
0 1,385 1,353 1,114 2,939 1,080 1,275 8,138 2,827
390 1,392

1,458 460
4,859 7,034 9,269 1,468
0 956 1,555 3,718 434 6,128 1,793 4,541 425 9,866 N/R 1,289 N/R 2,554 3,577 1,516 2,247 994 1,519 10,892 4,168 920 N/R 4,272 112 1,703 1,158 2,447 3,188 1,757 1,021
11 1,394 1,353 1,256 2,942 1,094 1,190 8,138 3,024
634 1,265

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

44

Probate Court Criminal Caseload for Calendar Year 2008 (docket entries)

Macon2 Madison2 Marion1 McDuffie Meriwether2 Monroe Montgomer y Morgan Murray Newton2 Oconee Oglethorpe Paulding Peach1 Pickens1 Pike Polk Pulaski3 Quitman3 Rabun Randolph Schley2 Seminole Stewar t3 Talbot Taliaferro Taylor2 Telfair Terrell Thomas Towns Twiggs2 Union Upson3 Walton Warren1 Webster2 Wheeler3 White3 Whitfield Wilcox3 Wilkes Wilkinson Total

Filed
0 0 13 0 47 N/R 6 143 N/R 379 1 56 0 0 2,780 0 109 12 0 260 0 0 0 9 0 36 26 165 14 47 123 223 205 0 284 0 0 60 0 913 44 69 16 10,472

MISDEMEANOR

Guilty Plea

Disposed by:

Cash Non

Bench Trial

Bond Trial Acquitted Convicted

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

7

7

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

16 16 10

1

0

N/R N/R N/R

N/R N/R

5

0

0

0

0

94 21 53

24 53

N/R N/R N/R

N/R N/R

255 38

8

19 59

8

0

1

8

0

29 20

4

0

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2,250 31 486

4

9

0

0

0

0

0

77

0 14

0

0

12

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

65 123 37

3

4

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

8

9

6

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

18 11

7

0

0

18

3

2

2

0

60

9 69

0

0

10

4

0

0

0

32

0 11

0

0

77

5 33

0

0

130

4 59

40

0

137 97 20

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

101 31 140

1 15

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

40

0 13

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

572 41 226

72

0

5 20

2

0

0

22 38

8

0

0

3

7

1

0

0

6,026 2,388 1,867

368 338

TRAFFIC

Disposed by:

Guilty Cash Non

Bench Trial

Filed

Plea

Bond Trial

Acquitted Convicted

412 338

1 20

0

0

2,472

0

0

0

0

0

311 224

3 11

0

0

4,045 1,975 1,605 204

2 21

1,757 804 938 240

18

0

N/R N/R N/R N/R

N/R N/R

709 481

0 49

0

0

5,471 1,115 4,039 289

45 81

N/R N/R N/R N/R

N/R N/R

7,314 6,426 230 55

74 529

4,138 131 769 61

131

0

1,490 713 437 58

7

7

13,385 5,589 5,715 1,842

1 238

0

0

0

0

0

0

2,780 2,250 31 486

4

9

1,844 1,156 597 278

1

3

4,713 3,902

0 427

14

6

1,053 932 42 79

0

0

406 637

5

9

0

0

1,301 830 372 209

8 14

1,134 1,089 1,089 45

45 1,089

431

2 302 11

0 39

2,098 169 1,898 31

0

0

979 726 221 31

4

0

1,504 162 1,285 55

1

3

4,577 2,275 1,999 182

0 12

950 766 24 53

0 11

1,085 631 272 308

0

0

1,297 754 886 40

0

8

0

0

0

0

0

0

760 587 30 123

0

0

4,858 3,796 198 268

187

0

1,302 721 411 167

10

4

3,587 470 2,840 277

0

0

6,335 2,640 2,043 1,011

12 87

977 169 748 54

0

0

1,047 126 717 75

0

0

743 606 10 147

0

0

1,418 923 24 41

0

0

13,462 11,368 757 848

550

0

738 235 367 25

1

0

1,387 356 940 114

0 10

764 206 229 136

1

2

224,519 116,646 76,181 17,960 2,639 3,192

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

Total

Filed

Disposed

412 2,472
324 4,045 1,804
N/R 715 5,614 N/R 7,693 4,139 1,546 13,385
0 5,560 1,844 4,822 1,065
406 1,561 1,134
431 2,098
988 1,504 4,613
976 1,250 1,311
47 883 5,081 1,507 3,587 6,619 977 1,047 803 1,418 14,375 782 1,456 780 234,991

359 0
254 3,807 2,043
N/R 535 5,814 N/R 7,693 1,109 1,277 13,385
0 5,560 2,035 4,440 1,065
651 1,665 3,357
354 2,098 1,005 1,506 4,504
879 1,349 1,702
43 855 4,682 1,569 3,587 6,081 971 918 816 988 14,434 655 1,488 585 227,605

45

The Magistrate Courts
Magistrate court jurisdiction includes: civil claims of $15,000 or less; certain minor criminal offenses; distress warrants and dispossessory writs; county ordinance violations; deposit account fraud (bad checks); preliminary hearings; and summonses, arrest and search warrants. A chief magistrate, 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, countywide elections to fouryear terms. In some counties, the chief magistrate is appointed by the superior court judges. Terms for other magistrate judges run concurrently with that of the chief magistrate.
46

Magistrate Court Civil Caseload for Calendar Year 2008

County

Filed

Appling

608

Atkinson

129

Bacon

491

Baker

N/R

Baldwin

2,742

Banks

256

Barrow

1,261

Bar tow

1,925

Ben Hill

651

Berrien

552

Bibb

4,442

Bleckley

451

Brantley

888

Brooks

478

Bryan

634

Bulloch

1,144

Burke

613

Butts

702

Calhoun1

218

Camden

909

Candler

305

Carroll

2,713

Catoosa1

519

Charlton

170

Chatham

5,296

Chattahoochee 56

Chattooga

497

Cherokee

2,456

Clarke

2,021

Clay

91

Clayton

3,451

Clinch

285

Cobb

5,985

Coffee2

1,353

Colquitt

1,867

Columbia

1,357

Cook

443

Coweta

1,528

Crawford3

418

Crisp

1,155

Dade

173

Dawson

373

Decatur

838

DeKalb

10,445

Dodge

744

Dooly

523

Dougherty 4,765

Douglas

2,451

Early

425

Echols

50

Effingham3

809

Elber t

551

Emanuel

829

Evans

360

Claims Disposed by:
Non-Trial Trial

547 62 0 N/R 2,061 204 1,060 385 512 267 7,049 134 810 450 475 1,045 73 198 0 726 140 2,356 406 104 3,417 37 175 54 1,410 70 1,598 156 3720 1,161 1,589 1,179 285 1,133 125 983 107 334 726 3,215 169 159 3,258 2,090 208 0 728 457 21 331

60 11 0 N/R 266 19 201 160 74 48 281 36 78 38 81 99 92 20 0 183 51 357 51 4 730 5 36 204 341 2 223 85 1657 88 278 164 24 210 98 51 27 24 112 3,513 58 24 691 167 44 0 81 89 42 29

Dispossessories and Distress Warrants
Disposed by:
Filed Non-Trial Trial

121 34 150 N/R 780 126 1,268 2,118 489 164 5,291 77 100 180 332 1,853 318 474 42 948 101 2,396 974 108 8,978 23 234 3,356 2,535 16 21,111 55 5783 431 641 975 231 2,179 64 589 78 308 409 1,936 103 112 6,691 5,359 118 7 657 193 262 143

67 11
0 N/R 468 111 986 1,408 251
90 6,418
59 57 168 213 1,419 94 158 0 817 86 1,485 795 96 4,308 12 204 0 1,511 22 18,153 24 3259 358 558 314 123 1,907 11 542 33 274 407 0 15 15 5,145 5,241 35 0 526 73 0 75

54 6 0 N/R 225 15 282 295 37 30 1,412 6 46 12 93 434 15 78 0 131 1 911 112 3 1,368 9 21 98 464 2 264 28 1002 45 82 428 8 313 24 12 24 35 3 0 72 12 1,628 106 15 0 131 10 152 68

1One quarter reported 2Two quarters reported 3Three quarters reported N/R = Not Reported

Garnishments Disposed by:
Filed Non-Trial Trial

166

166

0

38

19

0

180

0

0

N/R

N/R

N/R

1,569

0

0

65

65

0

228

222

6

453

11

0

253

188

0

119

46

0

2,730 2,527

25

143

409

2

33

33

0

38

38

0

58

18

0

409

409

0

147

13

3

166

19

0

79

0

0

291

284

7

124

71

0

662

658

4

111

111

0

67

16

0

1,721 1,482

25

14

14

0

79

0

0

346

0

1

1,002 1,072

53

9

12

0

491

565

0

72

43

2

1546

0

0

499

455

4

1,071 1,066

5

416

267

1

97

52

0

388

174

12

38

10

0

461

426

2

16

9

0

47

24

0

457

457

0

0

0

0

229

196

9

262

54

0

2,700 1,962

29

412

380

0

83

45

0

8

0

0

102

2

32

191

133

0

396

0

0

220

168

0

Foreclosures and Attachments Disposed by:
Filed Non-Trial Trial

30 2
16 N/R
71 17 215 84 9 4 189 96 28 22 29 50 29 12 2 21 33 91 26 95 138 3 33 52 229 3 176 4 3360 35 134 21 23 99 9 42 55 16 31 3,049 23 14 313 186 25 0 22 41 145 32

19

11

2

0

0

0

N/R N/R

13

13

17

0

209

6

46

3

7

1

1

0

60

15

80

2

14

9

22

0

12

2

45

5

0

2

5

1

0

0

19

2

28

0

79

12

26

0

12

1

90

18

2

1

14

0

0

4

155

62

3

0

41

1

2

2

2889

0

29

4

99

35

15

0

14

3

57

3

0

1

34

0

7

1

12

0

28

3

0

0

0

0

3

1

339

79

164

2

8

1

0

0

9

3

21

0

0

59

19

13

Total Civil Filings
925 203 837 N/R 5,162 464 2,972 4,580 1,402 839 12,652 767 1,049 718 1,053 3,456 1,107 1,354 341 2,169 563 5,862 1,630 440 16,133 96 843 6,210 5,787 139 25,229 416 16,674 2,318 3,713 2,769 794 4,194 529 2,247 322 744 1,735 15,430 1,099 911 14,469 8,408 651 65 1,590 976 1,632 755
47

Magistrate Court Civil Caseload for Calendar Year 2008

County Fannin Fayette3 Floyd Forsyth Franklin Fulton3 Gilmer3 Glascock Glynn1 Gordon Grady3 Greene3 Gwinnett Habersham Hall Hancock Haralson Harris Har t Heard Henry Houston Irwin Jackson Jasper3 Jeff Davis Jefferson Jenkins2 Johnson1 Jones3 Lamar Lanier2 Laurens Lee Liber ty Lincoln Long Lowndes Lumpkin Macon3 Madison Marion1 McDuffie McIntosh Meriwether Miller Mitchell2 Monroe Montgomer y Morgan Murray2 Muscogee Newton2 Oconee

Filed
623 1,046 1,375 1,347
561 11,396
684 N/R 1,520 981 910 432 13,512 663 2,834 575 726 339 630 343 3,089 2,667 224 1,195 514 506 833 279
65 884 411 229 1,902 867 757 170 141 3,251 550 600 768 82 561 240 664 219 731 569 164 463 653 1,845 2,416 N/R

Claims Disposed by:
Non-Trial Trial

529

94

906

105

1,043

97

635

320

15

3

0 6,602

344

79

N/R

N/R

793

727

642

200

711

119

263

90

4,783 7,841

168

40

2,101

962

480

38

347

83

207

68

500

130

313

30

1,669

221

2,005

472

104

73

1,308

290

347

47

489

87

631

28

171

17

31

4

553

245

0

0

199

6

1,529

373

753

119

445

201

161

7

0

2

2,308

512

492

99

713

50

357

281

60

10

362

62

33

22

452

55

121

38

289

45

405

68

0

0

422

41

2

0

330

120

1,770

116

N/R

N/R

Dispossessories and Distress Warrants
Disposed by:
Filed Non-Trial Trial

102

79

23

1,379 1,241

63

1,968 1,925

75

1,123

651

495

212

6

1

51,442

0 17,230

228

115

45

N/R

N/R

N/R

1,756

945

811

795

549

219

305

166

28

202

143

38

24,223 18,086 5,260

237

24

24

3,298 3,151

747

51

50

1

371

169

87

107

85

25

240

223

17

116

94

22

5,709 1,997

296

2,587 2,346

358

140

93

14

730

647

39

126

79

35

107

95

11

162

159

3

3

15

7

20

1

0

164

109

45

318

0

0

134

105

10

1,005

775

230

561

433

131

1,405

466

117

25

13

0

187

1

0

3,604 1,888

230

209

222

21

221

484

19

260

85

120

11

8

3

465

297

58

105

21

15

289

221

52

45

30

5

210

54

9

189

23

19

65

0

0

217

149

68

288

3

0

1,318

434

125

3,127 2,624

163

N/R

N/R

N/R

1One quarter reported 2Two quarters reported 3Three quarters reported N/R = Not Reported
48

Garnishments Disposed by:
Filed Non-Trial Trial

83

81

2

247

265

1

564

484

31

309

50

4

166

8

0

0

0

0

131

55

3

N/R

N/R

N/R

706

342

310

333

267

3

237

194

3

226

178

15

6,321 5,453

32

212

17

1

680

146

9

165

162

3

139

87

0

100

26

0

126

126

0

26

25

1

451

96

5

1,305

0

0

31

22

1

249

250

8

130

81

0

185

178

0

203

203

0

50

35

0

34

11

0

61

53

0

105

0

0

19

23

0

1,010

946

64

293

286

5

189

84

9

36

19

0

17

0

0

1,280 1,903

0

98

59

27

162

460

0

70

57

0

11

11

0

313

245

2

37

13

0

144

130

3

35

23

0

315

15

2

158

99

0

48

0

0

220

214

6

151

1

0

773

28

2

554

273

2

N/R

N/R

N/R

Foreclosures and Attachments Disposed by:
Filed Non-Trial Trial

39

37

2

20

18

1

78

54

1

16

4

5

19

0

1

0

0

0

7

5

1

N/R

N/R N/R

51

14

37

47

28

7

52

28

5

19

14

5

373 2,888 157

32

3

0

254

206

9

20

19

1

40

19

4

12

12

0

33

26

7

9

8

1

339

2

1

209

202

8

10

6

1

612

455 135

26

14

11

25

23

2

38

38

0

9

4

0

1

1

0

2

2 21,938

12

0

0

9

7

0

84

66

18

43

37

9

229

221

33

20

2

0

5

0

0

377

377

0

0

0

0

41

77

0

30

27

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

14

2

4

44

34

1

7

3

0

31

2

2

8

1

2

17

0

0

56

49

7

14

0

0

472

4

0

132

85

4

N/R

N/R N/R

Total Civil Filings
847 2,692 3,985 2,795
958 62,838 1,050
N/R 4,033 2,156 1,504
879 44,429 1,144 7,066
811 1,276
558 1,029
494 9,588 6,768
405 2,786
796 823 1,236 381 120 1,111 846 391 4,001 1,764 2,580 251 350 8,512 857 1,024 1,128 104 1,339 396 1,141 306 1,287 924 294 956 1,106 4,408 6,229 N/R

Magistrate Court Civil Caseload for Calendar Year 2008

County

Filed

Oglethorpe Paulding Peach Pickens3 Pierce Pike3 Polk Pulaski Putnam Quitman Rabun Randolph Richmond Rockdale Schley2 Screven Seminole1 Spalding Stephens3 Stewar t3 Sumter Talbot Taliaferro Tattnall Taylor2 Telfair Terrell Thomas Tift Toombs2 Towns Treutlen1 Troup Turner2 Twiggs Union Upson Walker1 Walton Ware Warren Washington Wayne Webster3 Wheeler3 White Whitfield Wilcox3 Wilkes Wilkinson Wor th2 Total

369 1,466
N/R 604 458 260 1,653 315 876 43 N/R 273 6,907 2,792 106 482 240 1,410 754 101 1,141 121 67 498 103 416 421 1,553 1,467 642 126 48 2,469 125 297 277 770 117 1,424 683 263 N/R N/R 73 143 425 2,633 173 480 405 321 174,207

Claims Disposed by:
Non-Trial Trial

163 1,257
N/R 322
5 47 953 0 751 43 N/R 216 4,309 2,039 79 193 79 1,744 295 54 1,501 113 56 452 68 344 0 1,375 1,327 0 55 2 1,801 129 54 25 548 1 1,086 596 170 N/R N/R 0 0 379 1,256 160 341 383 404 102,705

67 48 N/R 47 18 14 145 0 125 0 N/R 17 1,187 649 27 30 161 622 67 7 83 8 3 46 35 12 0 178 140 596 13 0 249 30 10 3 57 2 338 89 14 N/R N/R 0 0 23 256 5 56 22 20 36,508

Dispossessories and Distress Warrants
Disposed by:
Filed Non-Trial Trial

98 2,133
N/R 306 166 125 708 61 199
7 N/R
46 5,514 3,077
27 168 44 3,357 337 14 890 44
7 68 21 94 270 790 1,239 307 40 6 3,012 57 54 95 500 208 1,897 847 90 N/R N/R 1 25 281 1,669 13 41 51 103 217,546

60 2,120
N/R 181
2 28 648 0 174 7 N/R 46 2,890 2,488 18 65 20 3,336 117 8 700 43 6 23 15 46 0 626 1,104 0 15 0 2,770 52 7 8 434 14 1,555 632 64 N/R N/R 0 0 278 276 8 16 42 0 117,664

28 54 N/R 41 14 13 138 0 25 0 N/R 0 897 1,318 9 22 24 499 61 2 39 1 0 45 6 2 0 164 135 134 8 0 137 5 8 6 49 19 342 225 4 N/R N/R 0 0 8 213 1 5 9 0 41,744

Garnishments Disposed by:
Filed Non-Trial Trial

29 148 N/R 93 53 44 225 116 384
3 N/R
92 2,095
400 40 109 51
427 283 40 431
6 4 55 28 177 120 862 908 441 23 10 1,237 31 36 70 194 44 347 367 73 N/R N/R 12 52 55 1,868 55 163 92 61 51,938

11 141 N/R 52
0 10 141 0 383 3 N/R 92 1,277 303 40 27 51 347 132 23 269 6 4 54 28 162 0 852 905 0 6 0 639 19 8 9 40 0 342 362 0 N/R N/R 0 0 56 1,414 25 66 91 0 36,565

0 0 N/R 0 10 2 3 0 1 0 N/R 0 16 24 0 0 0 16 10 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 3 260 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 N/R N/R 0 0 0 12 0 0 1 0 1,169

Foreclosures and Attachments Disposed by:
Filed Non-Trial Trial

32 259 N/R 15
27 14 60 8 23 0 N/R 12 334 54 0 22 0 115 44 6 57 1 4 42 6 25 52 75 34 43 0 1 341 13 3 3 16 0 94 42 6 N/R N/R 4 12 26 46 7 25 10 335 12,509

21

4

249

2

N/R N/R

11

2

1

0

2

0

49

14

0

0

19

4

0

0

N/R N/R

11

1

0

0

24

68

0

0

7

1

0

0

59

53

33

2

2

0

25

9

1

0

3

0

22

20

5

1

18

1

0

0

55

20

10

24

0

27

0

0

0

0

291

22

13

0

1

0

0

0

7

1

0

0

79

18

38

5

0

0

N/R N/R

N/R N/R

0

0

0

0

21

0

43

3

1

1

10

0

10

0

0

0

8,146 23,105

1Two quarters reported 2Three quarters reported N/R = Not Reported

Total Civil Filings
528 4,006
N/R 1,018
704 443 2,646 500 1,482 53 N/R 423 14,850 6,323 173 781 335 5,309 1,418 161 2,519 172 82 663 158 712 863 3,280 3,648 1,433 189 65 7,059 226 390 445 1,480 369 3,762 1,939 432 N/R N/R 90 232 787 6,216 248 709 558 820 456,200

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Magistrate Court Criminal Caseload for Calendar Year 2008

Warrants Issued

Hearings

County
Appling Atkinson Bacon Baker Baldwin Banks Barrow Bar tow Ben Hill Berrien Bibb Bleckley Brantley Brooks3 Br yan Bulloch Burke Butts Calhoun1 Camden Candler Carroll Catoosa1 Charlton Chatham Chattahoochee Chattooga Cherokee Clarke Clay Clayton Clinch Cobb Coffee2 Colquitt Columbia Cook Coweta Crawford3 Crisp Dade Dawson Decatur DeKalb Dodge Dooly Dougher ty Douglas Early Echols Effingham3 Elber t Emanuel Evans

Felony Arrest
364 191 243 N/R 1,202 292 1,929 3,370 800 573 3,989 357 649 337 331 2,075 552 704
90 1,005
252 1,418
744 294 192 65 482 2,933 3,079 93 5,370 207 12,300 1,125 1,035 1,189 608 1,176 112 694 195 662 892 10,723 425 286 3,312 4,231 334 52 1,013 704 636 200

Misdemeanor Arrest 145 242 126 N/R 1,701 467 2,940 3,715 548 354 3,649 178 376 435 186 2,004 957 376 47 1,251 253 1,625 773 280 556 194 666 4,150 5,599 61
15,729 91
17,495 596
1,295 1,714
422 1,360
101 618 235 734 709 12,788 220 164 4,338 3,214 394 19 963 1,120 243 92

Good Behavior
9 10 19 N/R
0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 22 0 0 15 0 0 0 2 0 6 0 0 992 0 24 0 10 0 0 1 0 11 0 27 0 0 0 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 3 0 23 0 0 0

Search Warrant
36 15 19 N/R 36 25 83 125 21 28 221 25 26
9 3 76 20 44 2 88 1 154 15 23 0 8 33 623 206 2 255 7 909 53 54 84 24 121 3 36 14 53 51 939 9 1 101 99 3 1 27 110 3 5

Warrant Application
304 17 87 N/R 31 16 151 300 40 15
2 11 136 779 40 114 564 91 0 19 203 487 2,092 25 880 32 244 303 509 0 1,647 236 936 183 152 174 70 175 78 0 77 29 0 5,790 155 16 460 61 2 4 142 38 87 118

First Appearance
357 133
0 N/R 2,504 268 2,351 4,823 495 657 3,450 298 280 656 281 894 474 702 127 1,750 266 2,711 1,797 570
0 51 305 1,519 3,850 80 9,891 215 13,118 1,021 583 287 510 1,868 0 628 358 284 342 6,681 0 271 7,300 4,512 153 0 413 587 18 125

Commitment 2 0 6
N/R 26 18
346 382
0 0 1,043 70 8 3 12 0 0 44 0 109 0 411 83 0 289 51 393 75 394 0 3,095 0 6,679 119 159 292 0 220 14 0 169 11 2 26,023 0 10 360 873 2 0 0 0 0 0

* This Report contains only the courts who have reported at least one quarter.
50

1One quarter reported 2Two quarters reported 3Three quarters reported N/R = Not Response

Good Behavior
0 6 10 N/R 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 22 0 0 15 0 0 0 3 0 200 0 0 314 2 24 0 9 0 0 3 0 4 0 13 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 4 0 67 0 0 0

Magistrate Court Criminal Caseload for Calendar Year 2008

Ordinance Violations

Disposed by:

Filed

Non-Trial

Trial

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

N/R

N/R

N/R

0

0

0

1

1

0

445

8

437

374

6

278

0

0

0

2

0

2

202

125

0

6

0

6

224

62

162

0

0

0

37

11

25

223

0

223

126

17

10

285

175

36

0

0

0

113

45

68

0

0

0

199

132

67

365

274

37

0

0

0

0

0

0

17

5

12

0

0

0

650

106

54

0

0

0

3

2

0

1,542

1,365

108

95

76

19

4,089

2,542

417

8

1

0

0

0

0

536

120

537

17

0

1

352

526

85

2

2

0

40

31

1

2

1

0

20

10

3

12

9

2

93

0

18

0

0

0

1

0

0

38

9

7

184

149

8

2

0

0

0

0

0

248

58

176

33

12

34

32

26

4

84

56

28

* This Report contains only the courts who have reported at least one quarter.

Filed
602 61 214
N/R 0 0 0
410 309
0 492
89 282
0 1 0 0 182 15 337 0 335 773 32 301 25 298 0 497 0 0 81 455 1,791 0 205 400 337 81 525 190 0 202 224 470 164 1,114 0 180 9 230 0 217 97

Misdemeanors

Disposed by:

Non-Trial

Trial

305

297

0

0

0

0

N/R

N/R

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

417

0

144

36

106

176

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

22

0

6

9

235

92

0

0

301

34

745

28

15

0

375

0

0

25

68

61

0

0

826

4

0

0

0

0

66

15

0

0

229

0

0

0

100

43

0

0

165

5

1

0

1,025

53

68

46

0

0

202

0

0

107

101

200

4

30

1,200

0

0

0

9

0

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

26

96

1

Criminal & Civil

Warrants and Filings

Hearings and Dispositions

1,156 519 621 N/R
2,939 785
5,397 7,994 1,678
958 8,557
655 1,579
781 558 4,393 1,655 1,591 154 2,796 506 3,737 2,670 629 2,041 309 1,503 8,356 9,391 159 22,896 482 35,248 3,584 2,384 3,755 1,471 3,346 299 1,914 642 1,469 1,866 24,767 1,124 616 8,919 7,728 916
81 2,504 1,967 1,131
478

1,265 156 103 N/R
2,561 303
3,293 5,789
535 674 5,041 565 952 1,438 369 1,246 1,065 1,070 142 2,321 469 4,343 5,056 610 1,858 178 1,095 2,057 5,592
82 16,106
630 23,692
1,557 894
1,566 581
2,946 95
1,738 731 337 557
38,619 456 331
9,345 5,603
170 6
856 671 161 424

1One quarter reported 2Two quarters reported 3Three quarters reported N/R = Not Response

County
Appling Atkinson Bacon Baker Baldwin Banks Barrow Bar tow Ben Hill Berrien Bibb Bleckley Brantley Brooks3 Bryan Bulloch Burke Butts Calhoun1 Camden Candler Carroll Catoosa1 Charlton Chatham Chattahoochee Chattooga Cherokee Clarke Clay Clayton Clinch Cobb Coffee2 Colquitt Columbia Cook Coweta Crawford3 Crisp Dade Dawson Decatur DeKalb Dodge Dooly Dougher ty Douglas Early Echols Effingham3 Elber t Emanuel Evans
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Magistrate Court Criminal Caseload for Calendar Year 2008

Warrants Issued

Hearings

County

Felony Arrest

Misdemeanor Arrest

Good Behavior

Search Warrant

Warrant Application

First Appearance

Commitment

Fannin

363

321

0

18

97

Fayette3

1,354

1,138

0

84

143

Floyd

659

804

10

126

741

Forsyth

1,723

1,756

0

109

382

Franklin

595

271

0

22

39

Fulton3

22,462

0

0

811

0

Gilmer3

529

440

0

43

108

Glascock

N/R

N/R

N/R

N/R

N/R

Glynn1

1,598

1,710

653

109

2,483

Gordon

1,295

1,417

4

60

111

Grady3

366

1,024

1

40

77

Greene3

547

360

8

12

42

Gwinnett

9,244

10,817

0

752

1,715

Habersham

919

722

0

0

248

Hall

2,182

1,757

9

178

444

Hancock

68

166

0

3

88

Haralson

599

594

14

68

213

Harris

307

559

25

8

102

Har t

568

228

0

55

275

Heard

156

233

0

20

25

Henry

1,887

1,173

0

129

2,729

Houston

2,849

3,108

0

347

719

Irwin

191

137

0

17

43

Jackson

1,307

1,116

0

94

60

Jasper3

196

259

0

12

45

Jeff Davis

391

136

7

7

162

Jefferson

510

393

0

8

44

Jenkins2

198

106

0

11

32

Johnson1

27

25

7

3

8

Jones3

335

548

0

27

80

Lamar

342

200

0

18

122

Lanier2

298

340

7

18

7

Laurens

1,131

1,159

0

32

415

Lee

412

271

51

35

165

Liber ty

1,543

983

49

69

368

Lincoln2

92

66

0

5

16

Long

290

79

1

13

6

Lowndes

2,580

2,862

0

160

63

Lumpkin

316

484

2

22

18

Macon

293

465

13

11

17

Madison

796

809

0

42

87

Marion1

43

25

0

1

4

McDuffie

279

256

0

8

78

McIntosh

384

294

0

0

3

Meriwether

693

361

3

45

18

Miller

235

140

0

14

3

Mitchell2

221

479

0

15

13

Monroe

575

479

19

30

79

Montgomer y

168

41

0

15

54

Morgan

460

299

42

8

71

Murray2

106

208

0

0

123

Muscogee

N/R

N/R

N/R

N/R

N/R

Newton2

1,560

2,253

0

387

557

Oconee

N/R

N/R

N/R

N/R

N/R

160 2,697 4,341 1,496
363 12,987
596 N/R 2,405 2,076 518 338 7,308 809 13,080 176 393 238 722 503 1,707 6,378 273 2,300 301 430 326
15 11 76 501 272 1,784 558 2,336 158 244 4,972 782 312 617 65 6 229 195 125 163 871 20 327 211 N/R 1,577 N/R

0 245 57 52
0 0 2 N/R 1,851 108 2 102 10,942 0 1,439 1 134 263 126 46 0 781 0 1,320 0 58 0 0 0 1 20 0 9 156 0 0 0 255 94 0 228 0 0 0 91 0 0 80 0 622 0 N/R 43 N/R

* This Report contains only the courts who have reported at least one quarter.
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1One quarter reported 2Two quarters reported 3Three quarters reported N/R = Not Response

Good Behavior
0 0 25 0 0 0 0 N/R 603 4 2 2 0 0 9 0 14 25 0 26 347 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 14 66 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 21 0 0 12 0 30 16 N/R 0 N/R

Magistrate Court Criminal Caseload for Calendar Year 2008

Filed
7 0 2,191 876 102 22,291 12 N/R 520 255 110 206 0 75 347 0 91 9 100 51 605 372 13 135 157 0 82 0 0 0 3 4 623 362 60 63 3 157 12 0 539 0 17 22 82 0 5 259 2 113 307 N/R 575 N/R

Ordinance Violations

Disposed by:

Non-Trial

Trial

2 0 2,431 767 45 0 7 N/R 303 135 32 16 0 33 256 0 25 0 71 37 421 168 13 108 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 395 328 20 30 0 0 0 0 70 0 0 1 29 0 1 156 0 82 137 N/R 416 N/R

5 0 241 78 0 11,919 6 N/R 217 121 80 12 0 25 27 0 66 7 29 14 78 19 0 23 72 0 82 0 0 0 0 0 228 5 34 33 0 157 0 0 340 0 16 0 48 0 0 26 0 2 181 N/R 92 N/R

* This Report contains only the courts who have reported at least one quarter.

Misdemeanors

Disposed by:

Filed

Non-Trial

Trial

Criminal & Civil

Warrants and Filings

Hearings and Dispositions

207 59 461 397 312 6,504 106 N/R 312 154 115 24 711 540 138 36 182
0 184
41 51 181
0 0 22 271 410 132 8 0 139 0 784 630 0 0 139 643 34 0 301 0 62 0 264 0 326 201 87 159 3 N/R 603 N/R

175

32

269

19

724

66

180

127

86

0

0

2,984

76

3

N/R

N/R

267

21

139

8

20

102

8

1

0

0

200

105

128

3

19

17

62

36

0

0

99

85

36

5

229

0

179

10

0

0

0

0

18

0

12

268

0

410

43

49

2

0

0

0

0

2

0

0

466

318

553

9

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

70

0

0

0

0

92

204

0

0

0

0

0

0

95

84

0

0

186

0

78

0

0

0

104

3

9

5

N/R

N/R

413

36

N/R

N/R

916 2,635 4,251 4,861 1,302 52,068 1,130
N/R 4,902 3,185 1,656 1,157 21,524 2,256 4,611
273 1,548
908 1,135
501 3,845 6,857
358 2,652
646 812 1,403 447
70 910 702 667 3,729 1,761 2,704 226 525 6,402 870 782 2,487 69 622 700 1,448 389 1,046 1,563 313 1,081 624 N/R 5,378 N/R

471 3,373 8,626 3,082
533 27,890
798 N/R 8,150 2,702 833 521 19,965 1,420 15,386 301 943 635 1,407 692 5,511 8,254 329 3,811 501 937 862 139
21 157 645 286 3,615 1,788 2,824 237 251 5,517 896 329 1,638 69 100 233 581 128 363 1,302 74 1,241 682 N/R 3,134 N/R

1One quarter reported 2Two quarters reported 3Three quarters reported N/R = Not Response

County
Fannin Fayette3 Floyd Forsyth Franklin Fulton3 Gilmer3 Glascock Glynn1 Gordon Grady3 Greene3 Gwinnett Habersham Hall Hancock Haralson Harris Har t Heard Henr y Houston Irwin Jackson Jasper3 Jeff Davis Jefferson Jenkins2 Johnson1 Jones3 Lamar Lanier2 Laurens Lee Liber ty Lincoln2 Long Lowndes Lumpkin Macon Madison Marion1 McDuffie McIntosh Meriwether Miller Mitchell2 Monroe Montgomery Morgan Murray2 Muscogee Newton2 Oconee
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County
Oglethorpe Paulding Peach2 Pickens3 Pierce Pike3 Polk Pulaski Putnam Quitman Rabun Randolph Richmond Rockdale Schley2 Screven Seminole1 Spalding Stephens3 Stewar t3 Sumter Talbot Taliaferro Tattnall Taylor2 Telfair Terrell Thomas Tift Toombs2 Towns Treutlen1 Troup Turner2 Twiggs Union Upson Walker1 Walton Ware Warren Washington Wayne Webster3 Wheeler3 White Whitfield Wilcox3 Wilkes Wilkinson Wor th Total

Magistrate Court Criminal Caseload for Calendar Year 2008

Felony Arrest
359 1,628
713 562 413 178 940 159 305 44 N/R 132 3,660 1,685
57 341 142 2,411 922 68 859 27 37 569 67 357 125 1,091 899 163 338 29 2,367 143 230 467 665 120 1,692 1,394 40 755 824 33 121 545 2,656 84 299 167 118 174,328

Warrants Issued

Misdemeanor Arrest
255 2,330
523 842 227 304 1,023 99 583
0 N/R 395 4,387 2,276 120 209 153 3,106 1,624 141 1,310
15 21 402 170 167 249 1,223 796 434 221 94 1,578 71 422 461 376 196 1,682 1,550 183 897 615 23 161 613 2,761 74 96 144 227 178,208

Good Behavior
3 0 11 0 6 25 127 1 0 0 N/R 0 0 3 5 1 0 29 0 1 0 1 0 0 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 3 2 0 43 1 44 102 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 0 0 0 0 2,599

Search Warrant
8 122 116 78 10 12 103
9 9 3 N/R 5 36 88 3 7 0 155 52 0 47 1 1 15 5 15 4 78 50 8 14 0 70 4 13 38 27 8 98 66 9 17 43 4 1 33 104 8 15 7 15 10,684

Warrant Application
67 181 31 100 138 22 479 25 54
3 N/R
0 1,194
413 5
42 0 181 237 9 50 11 5 55 35 79 1 93 274 31 4 5 210 4 157 16 12 47 249 426 31 134 339 9 27 181 472 0 4 23 8 37,837

Hearings

First Appearance
454 691 780 484 265 222 947 207 305
0 N/R 440 1,847 1,988 163 192 298 4,414 395 184 1,714
30 52 511 59 280 230 886 969 0 375 0 3,911 21 373 355 581 170 1,352 2,211 0 474 695 0 0 796 2,039 62 333 108 9 193,034

Commitment
0 43 12 473 162 0 200 49 18 0 N/R
0 0 0 94 0 0 2,302 69 0 0 1 0 0 14 1 0 5 0 0 3 0 2,176 28 20 38 331 0 632 162 0 4 27 0 0 155 7 0 0 0 0 68,228

* This Report contains only the courts who have reported at least one quarter.
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1One quarter reported 2Two quarters reported 3Three quarters reported N/R = Not Response

Good Behavior
0 0 17 1 6 26 77 0 0 0 N/R 0 0 28 6 1 0 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 43 0 63 100 0 0 0 0 0 56 4 0 0 0 0 2,483

Magistrate Court Criminal Caseload for Calendar Year 2008

Filed
142 775
98 0
140 40 222 0 64 0
N/R 0
4,625 593 24 9 0 703 9 1 58 0 5 1 0 0 0 7 0 3 0 0 122 0 115 100 572 0 204 173 1 0 29 1 1 24 197 84 13 0 0
51,672

Ordinance Violations

Disposed by:

Non-Trial

Trial

34 764
54 0 10 5
219 0 26 0
N/R 0
4,193 457 0 4 0 93 0 1 27 0 3 0 0 0 0 6 0 2 0 0 43 0 42 13 321 0 274 140 0 0 21 0 0 3 143 0 13 0 0
19,484

82 25 14
0 0 23 60 0 51 0 N/R 0 317 58 24 4 0 587 9 0 23 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 78 0 46 0 96 0 89 42 1 0 6 0 0 10 44 0 0 0 0 18,839

Filed
6 125 184 371 773 129 436 138
0 0 N/R 0 74 180 46 412 0 688 0 10 0 0 1 467 0 244 136 911 0 284 70 0 106 0 65 112 203 0 676 682 0 119 405 0 39 323 613 0 0 71 0 37,259

Misdemeanors

Disposed by:

Non-Trial

Trial

2 186 101
11 0 28
322 0 0 0
N/R 0 47
135 11 0 0 209 0 10 0 0 1 382 0 0 0 354 0 303 5 0 30 0 35 14 243 0
471 669
0 83 79 0 8 286 321 71 0 71 0 16,288

14 1 3 0 35 89 11 0 0 0 N/R 0 0 82 35 0 0 440 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 46 13 0 35 1 0 0 0 38 1 0 0 0 7,242

Criminal & Civil

Warrants and Filings

Hearings and Dispositions

773 4,980 1,645 1,853 1,569
688 2,851
406 961 47 N/R 532 12,782 4,825 255 979 295 7,092 2,607 221 2,274
44 65 1,454 289 783 514 3,310 1,745 892 643 131 4,243 221 847 1,178 1,886 325 4,396 3,967 233 1,788 1,916 61 323 1,543 6,335 250 423 389 360 454,750

665 2,321 1,162
596 654 464 2,133 232 436
3 N/R 440 7,879 3,980 338 243 298 8,277 710 204 1,814
42 61 949 155 360 231 1,372 1,243 336 387 5 6,448 54 675 424 1,628 217 3,176 3,763 32 730 1,168 9 35 1,487 3,068 134 350 202 17 364,090

* This Report contains only the courts who have reported at least one quarter.

1One quarter reported 2Two quarters reported 3Three quarters reported N/R = Not Response

County
Oglethorpe Paulding Peach Pickens2 Pierce Pike Polk Pulaski Putnam Quitman Rabun1 Randolph Richmond Rockdale Schley Screven Seminole Spalding Stephens Stewar t Sumter Talbot Taliaferro Tattnall Taylor Telfair Terrell Thomas Tift Toombs Towns Treutlen1 Troup Turner Twiggs Union Upson Walker2 Walton Ware Warren Washington Wayne Webster Wheeler White Whitfield Wilcox Wilkes Wilkinson Wor th Total
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The Municipal Courts
Georgia's municipal courts hear traffic and ordinance violation cases in 400 towns and cities--from tiny Abbeville to suburban Avondale Estates. Municipal Court judges hear municipal ordinance violations, issue criminal warrants, conduct preliminary hearings, and sometimes have concurrent jurisdiction over shoplifting cases and cases involving possession of one ounce or less of marijuana.
Until recently, judges of the municipal courts were not represented by a voting Judicial Council member. In April, 2009 the Supreme Court issued an order increasing membership of the Council from 24 to 25 judges--giving the president of the Council of Municipal Court Judges a seat at the table.
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Municipal Court Caseload for Calendar Year 2008

Filings

Hearings

City Abbeville Acwor th Adairsville Adel2 Adrian2 Alamo1 Alapaha1 Alma Americus2 Arabi Aragon2 Arcade Arlington Ashburn1 Athens Atlanta1 Attapulgus1 Auburn Austell2 Avondale Estates2 Bainbridge2 Baldwin Ball Ground1 Banks1 Barnesville2 Ben Hill1 Berkeley Lake2 Blackshear Blakely Bloomingdale2 Blue Ridge2 Blythe2 Bowdon Bremen2 Bronwood1 Brunswick1/2 Buchanan1 Buena Vista Buford3 Butler Byron1/3 Cairo Calhoun Canon1 Carrollton2 Car tersville Cave Spring Cedar town1/2 Center ville Chatswor th1 Chattahoochee Hills1 Chauncey Chickamauga1/2 Clarkesville

Traffic Prelim. Ord.

238 0 6,216 0
572 0 1,686 0
111 0 0 0
166 0 614 0 2,724 807 423 0 1,293 0 1,039 0 163 0 3,291 0 53,159 0 56,910 0
7 0 276 0 3,038 24 3,206 26 3,623 0 1,213 0
0 0 500 0 1,364 0 1,495 0
0 0 1,139 0
807 0 2,100 0
774 0 131 0 492 18
0 0 0 0 4,856 0 294 0 300 0 0 0 883 0 1,739 0 3,219 0 6,268 0 42 0 7,977 0 3,466 0 55 0 0 0 940 0 2,214 0 1,026 0 117 0 145 0 115 0

44 1,625
36 133
5 0 4 288 985 1 114 7 5 235 6,327 14,345 3 292 1,927 44 689 118 0 0 371 148 2 91 116 21 2 1 50 0 0 366 37 148 0 4 13 366 278 0 680 351 9 0 94 88 213 0 14 4

Drugs DUI Other

0

5

4

204 239 215

15 24 11

54 60 83

1

2

0

0

0

0

4

8

9

20 41 47

51 92 1,579

3 11

0

17 28

4

2 17

0

6

9 18

25 21 81

436 1,316 1,418

0 2,567 116,628

0

0

0

20 17 88

28 64 465

9

6

0

36 99

8

6 36

0

0

0

0

3

3

0

43 31

0

15 26 54

0

0

0

31 23 203

18

1

0

17 89 50

7 55 53

0

0

0

10 22 65

0

0

0

0

0

0

74 160

0

3

5

1

12 16

0

0

0

0

3 15 99

30 67

9

44 153 11

49 111 230

1

1

0

85 448 204

44 125 117

0

6

0

0

0

0

0

7 37

70 59

0

10

4

0

0

0

0

2

6 17

1

6 34

Total
291 8,499
658 2,016
119 0
191 1,010 6,238
438 1,456 1,065
201 3,653 62,656 190,450
10 693 5,546 3,291 4,455 1,373
0 506 1,809 1,738
2 1,487
942 2,277
891 132 657
0 0 5,456 340 476 0 1,004 1,858 3,793 6,936 44 9,394 4,103 70 0 1,078 2,431 1,253 117 184 160

Traffic
52 5,571
83 0 24
243 0
614 694 387 169
0 163
0 2,358
0 7 612 1,806 2,194 865 946 217 37 164 85 0 1,139 796 246 589 49 20 1,289 0 4,203 155 300 0 821 144 1,486 0 14 0 1,498 5 1,384 541 2,214 903 5 81 41

Prelim. Ord.

0

18

245 1,169

0

20

0

0

0

0

0

11

0

0

0

288

807

496

12

1

0

4

0

0

0

5

0

0

0

562

0

0

0

3

0

337

12

875

47

23

0

445

0

84

0

3

0

0

0

91

0

45

0

3

0

90

0

105

0

21

0

2

1

0

0

7

0

40

0

0

0

193

0

32

0

148

0

146

0

4

0

0

0

148

0

0

0

6

0

0

0

147

0

4

0

173

0

218

0

88

0

153

0

0

0

11

0

3

Drugs
0 135
13 0 1 2 0
20 46
3 11
0 6 0 92 0 0 33 28 8 24 5 0 3 12 13 0 15 16 17 7 0 10 4 0 64 3 12 0 3 24 17 0 6 0 8 0 14 7 70 7 0 2 0

DUI Other
4 2 169 134
14 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 41 47 87 1,501 11 0 23 4 0 0 9 19 0 0 358 113 0 0 0 0 55 407 64 382 6 0 68 5 36 0 3 2 3 0 11 0 18 54 0 3 20 140 1 0 89 45 51 49 0 0 22 6 38 202 0 0 140 0 5 1 16 0 0 0 15 96 67 0 69 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 20 0 5 0 55 19 45 34 59 0 3 0 0 0 6 16 5 24

Total
76 7,423
132 0
27 257
0 1,010 3,631
414 211
0 202
0 3,483
0 10 1,444 3,167 2,278 1,407 1,071 225 43 278 215
6 1,404
918 418 698 50
65 1,573
0 4,600
196 476 146 939 235 1,720
0 30
0 1,673
14 1,645
845 2,431 1,066
5 116 73

1Reported for only half the year. 2Reported cases by defendant. Data is shown for those cities whose caseload information was sent to the AOC. Most cases were reported by docket. 3Did not indicate whether count is by docket or defendant.
57

Municipal Court Caseload for Calendar Year 2008

Filings

Hearings

City Clarkston2 Claxton Clayton2 Cleveland Cochran Collins2 Comer1 Commerce Concord1 Conyers1/2 Coolidge Cordele Covington2 Cumming1 Cuthber t1/2 Dahlonega Dalton1 Danielsville Darien Dasher1 Davisboro Dawson Demascus1 Demorest2 Dillard Doerun2 Douglasville Duluth2 Ellaville Emerson Eton Fairburn Fairmont Fayetteville2 Flovilla Folkston2 Forsyth2 Fort Gaines Fort Oglethorpe Fort Valley Franklin Springs2 Garden City Glennville Glenwood Gordon Grantville1 Gray Greensboro Greenville Griffin2 Grovetown2 Gwinnett, Recorders Court of1/2 Hahira Hamilton

Traffic Prelim. Ord.

3,102 0 298 0
1,164 183 1,561 65 1,025 0
10 0 241 0 3,027 0
0 0 6,037 0
529 0 2,593 0
667 0 1,477 0
93 0 368 0 10,946 0 80 0 1,892 85
0 0 70 0 1,448 0 132 51 341 0 458 0 212 0 8,781 0 25,925 0 425 0 1,716 0 176 0 1,700 288 450 0 14,994 0 262 195 1,947 0 2,234 0 325 0 2,959 0 803 0 334 0 7,935 148 716 0 39 0 61 0 524 0 939 0 1,795 0 1,537 69
0 0 556 62 64,783 0 835 0 108 0

323 9
137 34 53 1 0 53 0
363 13 352 290 45 53 55 0 1 37 0 0 26 16 34 32 49 790 696 94 35 21 274 29 412 28 83 131 38 242 35 0 58 32 0 1 39 0 60 10 0 256
2,809 65 1

Drugs DUI Other

29 19 26

0 17 75

33 48 41

10 31 82

99 44 386

1

3 35

8

8 13

52 79 252

0

0

0

102 209 214

0

2

0

14 68 123

55 139 339

2 46 26

1

7 12

0 52 46

86 147

0

1

1

0

15 45 102

0

0

0

0

0

0

6 10 309

0

0

0

0

2

0

3

9

2

1

2

0

176 147 741

41 303 10,463

10 50

0

6 23 2,418

0 14 19

71 29 395

1

9 162

233 250 292

1

1

0

15 39 25

47 63 83

8 10

0

43 115

0

0

3 82

20 22 17

68 141

0

6 17 34

2

4

3

3

7

9

2

3

0

9 32

0

16 92 30

5 12

0

0

0

0

18 34

5

398 1,044 1,760

8 35

0

2

0

0

Total
3,499 399
1,606 1,783 1,607
50 270 3,463
0 6,925
544 3,150 1,490 1,596
166 521 11,179 83 2,176
0 70 1,799 199 377 504 264 10,635 37,428 579 4,198 230 2,757 651 16,181 487 2,109 2,558 381 3,359 923 393 8,350 805 48 81 568 980 1,993 1,633
0 931 70,794 943 111

Traffic
2,394 90 72 18 952 7 81 264 0
5,661 58
2,593 0 0 93 24 0 80
241 0 70 77 51 80
343 384 4,804 7,306 132 344
0 243 133
0 48 259 99 123 2,959 386 247 6,055 476 22
0 134
0 649 1,422 17,140 515
0 58 108

Prelim. Ord.

0

225

0

7

167

35

13

0

0

53

0

1

0

0

0

13

0

0

0

327

0

13

0

352

0

0

18

0

0

53

0

5

0

0

0

1

85

20

0

0

0

1

0

2

0

0

0

18

0

30

0

83

0

485

0

438

0

85

0

28

0

0

179

0

0

20

0

0

0

7

0

24

0

26

0

15

0

242

0

231

0

0

148

58

0

18

0

0

0

0

0

9

0

0

3

41

69

10

0 1,133

57

238

0

0

0

24

0

1

Drugs DUI Other Total

21

9 12 2,661

0

16 75

188

10

21

9

314

2

1 7

41

91

38 386

1,520

1

1 15

25

8

4 0

93

12

18 28

335

0

0 0

0

95 179 206 6,468

0

2 0

73

14

68 123

3,150

0

0 0

0

0

0 0

18

1

7 12

166

0

7 5

41

0

0 0

0

1

1 0

83

12

32 13

403

0

0 0

0

0

0 0

71

3

9 181

272

0

0 0

51

0

3 0

101

0

9 0

382

0

2 0

469

82

65 268

5,704

34 132 247 8,157

9

47

0

273

8

28 241

649

0

0 0

0

22

29 152

625

1

9 32

195

0

0 0

0

1

1 0

57

11

27 13

334

10

35

6

176

9

11

0

158

43 115 0 3,359

83

70 233

1,003

17

19

7

290

45

92

0

6,398

4

4 34

536

0

1 0

23

0

0 0

0

2

3 0

148

0

0 0

0

10

64 37

804

5

12

0

1,518

373 339 424 19,409

16

32

4

862

0

0 0

0

1

9 0

92

2

0 0

111

1Reported for only half the year. 2Reported cases by defendant. Data is shown for those cities whose caseload information was sent to the AOC. Most cases were reported by docket. 3Did not indicate whether count is by docket or defendant.
58

Municipal Court Caseload for Calendar Year 2008

Filings

Hearings

City Hampton2 Harlem Hawkinsville Hazlehurst1 Helena Hephhzibah Hiawassee2 Hinesville Hiram1/2 Hoboken2 Holly Springs2 Homeland2 Hoschton Ivey Jackson Jefferson Jonesboro1/2 Keysville1 La Grange1 Lafayette1/2 Lake City Lake Park Lakeland Lavonia2 Lawrenceville Leary Leesburg2 Lenox1 Leslie2 Lilburn1/2 Locust Grove1/3 Loganville Lookout Mountain Louisville1 Luthersville1/2 Madison1 Manchester Marshallville Maysville1 McCaysville McDonough2 McIntyre McRae1 Meigs1 Metter1 Midville Milan Milledgeville1/2 Millen1 Miller1 Milner2 Milton Montezuma Mount Airy2

Traffic Prelim. Ord.

2,063 0 1,277 0
557 0 298 0 256 0 262 0 247 0 9,145 3 1,110 0 351 0 2,222 0 360 1 1,502 0 37 0 2,484 1,781 3,155 0 3,085 0
8 0 6,859 0
405 0 4,583 0
302 0 1,168 0
869 3 12,817 401
21 0 1,256 0
15 0 456 0 4,066 0 1,065 0 6,714 0
81 0 229 0
2 0 1,722 0
194 0 148 28 1,565 0
64 0 6,302 0
312 0 595 0 36 0 414 0
1 0 86 0 2,468 0 169 0 111 0 639 0 4,820 3 414 0 575 0

373 76 46 30 92 44 1
814 26 2 74 13 25 2 216 17 165 0
1,165 28 177 5 218 97
1,104 0 85 1 0 25
268 194
9 50 0 90 55 39 9 6 753 0 13 11 45 0 15 221 18 35 0 266 36 0

Drugs DUI

43 70

2 49

4 17

2 22

7 27

13

6

3 14

121 169

30 62

1

2

72 99

6

7

48 13

1

0

42 88

69 48

12 30

0

0

81 144

2 10

29 49

16

9

9 63

38 45

76 546

0

0

34 35

0

0

1

1

18 81

27 36

29 94

1

2

2

6

0

0

44 38

0

5

3 11

9

6

2

5

206 129

11 20

6 28

0

0

6 18

0

0

3

8

30 75

3

8

5 23

5

9

45 95

4

6

3

3

Other
24 34 28 5 0 0 22 683 157 12 175 41 36 0
0 201
0 0 254 49 0 0 0 0 1,859 2 0 6 0 114 0 1,788 3 12 0 54 0 3 4 4 117 8 74 0 55 0 0 460 10 228 0 111 15 3

Total
2,573 1,438
652 357 382 325 287 10,935 1,385 368 2,642 428 1,624
40 4,611 3,490 3,292
8 8,503
494 4,838
332 1,458 1,052 16,803
23 1,410
22 458 4,304 1,396 8,819
96 299
2 1,948
254 232 1,593
81 7,507
351 716 47 538
1 112 3,254 208 402 653 5,340 475 584

Traffic
1,868 1,011
401 112 57 262 247
0 479
18 0 32 0 59 298 22 1,226 3 104 220 605 0 669 78 4,568 33 622 0 212 0 0 6,714 81 50 0 256 242 107 57 79 0 0 431 36 0 1 10 142 0 14 28 4,152 175 92

Prelim.
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 287 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0

Ord. Drugs DUI Other Total

315 36

56 24

58

2

22 26

32

2

14 17

11

2

21 5

43

6

23 0

44 13

6 0

1

3

14 22

0

0

0 0

3 26

60 40

2

2

0 0

0

0

0 0

7

4

6 6

0

0

0 0

2

0

6 0

56 42

88

0

0

7

7 7

142

8

17 0

0

0

0 0

0

0

0 0

28

2

10 31

52 14

20

0

0

0

0 0

165

9

63 0

6 17

19

0

538 40 266 1,850

12

0

1 0

88 30

40

0

0

0

0 0

0

1

0 0

0

0

0 0

0

0

0 0

194 29

94 1,788

9

1

2 2

9

2

6 9

0

0

0 0

42 34

24 94

23

0

5 41

31

2

12 3

4

9

6 0

3

1

3 0

0

0

0 0

0

0

0 0

12 10

46 32

11

0

0 0

0

0

0 0

0

0

0 0

3

0

0 0

18

9

40 48

0

0

0 0

14

4

12 74

0

2

1 0

296 30

48 88

21

3

4 15

0

3

2 0

2,299 1,119
466 151 129 325 287
0 608 22
0 56
0 67 484 43 1,393
3 104 291 691
0 906 120 7,549
46 780
0 213
0 0 8,819 95 76 0 450 311 181 76 86 0 0 531 47 0 1 13 257 0 118 31 4,617 218 97

1Reported for only half the year. 2Reported cases by defendant. Data is shown for those cities whose caseload information was sent to the AOC. Most cases were reported by docket. 3Did not indicate whether count is by docket or defendant.
59

Municipal Court Caseload for Calendar Year 2008

Filings

Hearings

City Mount Vernon1 Mount Zion3 Mountain City Mountain Park1/2 Nahunta1 Nashville Nelson2 Newington Newnan Newton Nicholls2 Norcross1 Norman Park Oakwood Oxford Palmetto Patterson1 Pavo Peachtree City2 Pearson2 Pelham2 Pembroke2 Pendergrass2 Pine Mountain Pineview1/2 Plains2 Pooler2 Port Wentworth Por tal Powder Springs1/2 Quitman Ray City2 Register1 Reidsville Remer ton Resaca Richard Hill1 Richland2 Richmond Hill Rincon2 Rochelle Rockmar t2 Rome Rossville Roswell1 Royston2 Rutledge2 Saint Marys2 Sale City2 Sandersville1 Sardis Senoia1 Shellman Smithville

Traffic Prelim. Ord.

140 0

1

553 0

29

482 0

21

0 2

8

47 0

0

755 655 320

422 0

13

202 0

2

6,684 0 744

134 0

17

155 0

0

14,767 0 525

422 0

6

680 0

55

110 0

19

818 0 324

83 0

3

123 0

1

3,394 7

46

546 0

48

1,468 0 314

2,234 0

34

2,363 0 276

365 0

17

35 0

0

152 0

12

11,642 0 190

0 0

0

414 0

0

2,796 0 600

597 0 111

92 0

3

250 1

3

593 0

10

0 0

0

1,851 0

25

3,825 0

61

1,227 0

14

6,673 0

130

2,746 0

36

359 0

20

1,033 600

975

18,139 3,627

816

665 0

93

8,977 46

181

600 0

47

5 0

0

1,119 0

24

47 0

3

1,199 0

86

466 0

7

309 0

19

0 1

3

831 0

28

Drugs DUI

10 12

16 15

2

6

2

0

0

0

23 80

1 12

0 12

85 253

2

6

0

1

63 216

3

8

17 73

2

0

38 38

2

1

0

5

36

1

5 29

29 40

23 40

5 25

0

0

0

1

0

5

54 199

0

0

0

4

18 29

1 33

0

7

0

3

36 42

0

0

30 21

32 113

13

9

60 244

27 28

17

9

36 34

101 441

4 31

111 498

18 47

0

0

16 32

0

5

2 30

2 10

2

2

0

0

5

5

Other
52 12 22 0 0 42 0 3 21 0 5 0 12
5 67 0 0 0 23 55 18 110
0 0 0 2 747 0 0 0 83 88 22 74 0 33 6 391 9 188 0 361 426 0 288 158 0 88 0 26 173 0 0 0

Total
215 625 533 12 47 1,875 448 219 7,787 159 161 15,571 451 830 198 1,218
89 129 3,507 683 1,869 2,441 2,669 382
36 171 12,832
0 418 3,443 825 190 279 755
0 1,960 4,037 1,654 7,116 3,025
405 3,039 23,550
793 10,101
870 5
1,279 55
1,343 658 332 4 869

Traffic Prelim.

105 279 482
0 52 651 207 144 2,801 37 48 5,088 38 56 325 472 16 42 7,194 441 423 2,217 22 324
9 0 1,275 10,187 40 2,409 45 18 0 193 978 325 3,762 786 6,517 1,008 37 600 9,069 325 6,631 226 1 240 4 196 466 355 0 63

0 0 0 2 0 519 0 0 0 0 0 404 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 280 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 600 3,627 0 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0

Ord. Drugs DUI Other Total

1

7

29 16

21

2

7

2

3

1

282 21

10

0

2

0

638 85

10

2

0

0

215 50

1

0

15 10

38 13

298 34

0

1

0

0

180 22

37

5

138 22

34 20

0

0

19 24

0

0

0

0

45 21

213 247

0

0

426

2

7

1

0

0

1

0

9 24

735 11

0

0

61 31

14 13

125 58

8

6

10

8

475 36

244 88

74

3

101 49

10 18

0

0

21 14

0

0

32

2

7

2

26 13

2

0

17

3

11 44 15 0 6 22 0 0 2 0 66 39 9 0 12 3 253 21 3 0 9 13 160 0
5 1 52 2 7 214 14 0 1 0 5 0 97 0 27 53 32 6 37 110
2 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 70 280 242 336
2 0 12 0 6 30 5 30 0 0 42 35 95 139 0 0 79 4
8 391 169 7
4 27 8 0 34 297 402 401 23 0 130 85 44 77 0 0 29 80 2 0 30 18 10 176 19 0 0 0 3 0

168 339 533 11 58 1,578 226 161 3,798 52 70 5,917
45 135 597 818 18 47 7,509 563 621 2,418
24 381
9 0 1,971 11,225 42 2,849 89 53 2 303 1,958 325 3,937 1,212 6,876 1,053 63 2,042 13,831 425 7,025 375 1 384 6 278 661 416 3 86

1Reported for only half the year. 2Reported cases by defendant. Data is shown for those cities whose caseload information was sent to the AOC. Most cases were reported by docket. 3Did not indicate whether count is by docket or defendant.
60

Municipal Court Caseload for Calendar Year 2008

Filings

Hearings

City Smyrna2 Snellville Social Circle Sparks Springfield Stapleton2 Statesboro1 Statham1/2 Stephens1/2 Stockbridge3 Stone Mountain2 Sugar Hill Suwanee Sylvania Sylvester2 Tallapoosa Tennille Thomaston Thomson2 Tignall2 Toomsboro1/2 Trenton1/3 Tunnel Hill Ty Ty1 Tybee Island2 Tyrone2 Union City Union Point Vidalia Vienna1/2 Villa Rica Wadley Walnut Grove Warm Springs Warner Robins Warrenton Warwick1 Washington Waverly Hall Waycross Waynesboro1 West Point1/2 Whigham1 White Whitesburg Wilkinson Willacoochee Winder Winter ville2 Woodbur y1 Wrens1 Wrightsville Zebulon2 Total

Traffic Prelim. Ord. Drugs DUI Other

20,69610,911 24,595 0
1,540 0 1,895 0 1,643 0
290 0 7,758 50
291 0 291 0 3,407 0 1,923 0
0 0 9,660 0
828 502 1,681 0 1,552 0 1,299 0 3,011 0 1,049 0
62 0 36 0 93 0 655 8 0 0 1,553 2,185 1,814 4 16,141 8,416 1,071 0 1,343 0 149 64 2,327 0 1,380 0
0 0 430 0 6,628 0 379 0 757 0 959 0 319 0 1,002 0 473 49
0 0 66 0 494 0 686 415 38 352 0 4,167 0 735 0 130 0 0 0 505 0 1,807 0 686,56731,784

237 310
83 46
3 12 585 21 21 437 648 91 154 30 255 151 77 512 127
6 1 18 0 0 518 22 2,446 124 82 12 7 10 0 14 1,790 69 0 40 11 100 62 0 1 22 11 4 1 210 0 6 0 67 42 61,779

68 317

0

251 148 43

16 10

0

5 16 27

7 33 54

2

6

0

135 136 215

1 13 11

1 13 11

60 113

0

9

6

0

0

0 81

57 91 7,193

31 55 102

22 15 12

59 54 60

9 47

0

72 53

0

50 50 73

0

0

0

0

0

0

6

8 18

24 30 49

0

0

0

54 71

1

1

4

0

120 163

0

0 11 45

41 46 124

14 10

0

24 67 83

32 40 301

0

0

0

2 10

0

199 575

0

12 19

0

23 47

0

30 78

3

9 13 11

26

0 983

2

8

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

14 16

0

5

4 13

1 14 58

30 116 75

0

1

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

28 38

0

8 20

0

6,970 17,260 160,370

Total
32,229 25,347
1,649 1,989 1,740
310 8,879
337 337 4,017 2,586 172 17,155 1,548 1,985 1,876 1,432 3,648 1,349
68 37 143 766 0 4,382 1,845 27,286 1,251 1,636 249 2,508 1,763
0 456 9,192 479 827 1,110 363 2,111 594
0 68 516 1,142 64 426 4,598 736 137 0 638 1,877 964,730

Traffic Prelim. Ord. Drugs DUI Other Total

6,048 147

7,839

0

658

0

1,895

0

745

0

73

0

3,008

0

253

0

253

0

229

0

1,519

0

0

0

3,083

0

828 502

997

0

538

0

710

0

4,776

0

474

0

7

0

8

0

86

0

143

6

0

0

1,286 1,750

1,333

7

16,638 9,750

1,071

0

0

0

31 27

3,015

0

0

0

133

0

91

0

0

0

71

0

479

0

673

0

229

0

735

0

382 49

397

0

0

0

1

0

597 143

0

0

69

0

1,434

0

0

0

42

0

189

0

272

0

7

0

248,956 20,043

12 207
95 46
3 7 152 20 20 533 513 20 113 30 162 78 44 766 98 6 1 16 0 0 364 36 2,324 124 0 5 0 0 71 7 0 69 0 40 11 289 62 47 0 0 8 0 0 118 0 11 4 67 0 24,129

5 194
26 5 4 2 87 0 0 36 5 0 35 31 16 43 8 107 50 0 0 6 24 0 42 1 120 0 0 3 21 0 0 2 0 12 20 22 9 37 2 10 0 0 11 0 0 30 0 0 0 23 2 4,263

18 0 72 19 23 0 16 27 15 34
6 0 99 144 9 10 9 10 36 0
0 0 0 35 70 355 55 102 11 9 37 20 37 0 84 0 49 52 0 0 0 0 7 15
0 0 53 0
6 0 163 0 11 45
0 0 7 0 48 247 0 0 3 5 7 0 0 0 19 0 47 0 70 3 13 11 79 53 8 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 6 28 116 59 0 0 9 0 8 17 27 0 7 0 8,038 14,540

6,230 8,331
802 1,989
801 88 3,490 292 292 834 2,037 55 3,656 1,548 1,195 716 799 5,733 723 13
9 130 173
0 3,495 1,383 28,995 1,251
0 73 3,331
0 212 107
0 171 546 808 273 1,193 503 463
0 1 768 0 103 1,757 0 62 218 389 16 319,969

1Reported for only half the year. 2Reported cases by defendant. Data is shown for those cities whose caseload information was sent to the AOC. Most cases were reported by docket. 3Did not indicate whether count is by docket or defendant.
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