RESEARCH REVIEW Volume 3 Issue 1 January 2002 CASELOAD OF THE GEORGIA COURTS 2000 ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE COURTS The Research Review is designed to present the annual statistics and focus on specific areas of interest concerning the workload of the Georgia Courts. This year we are highlighting percentage change in superior court filings; selected state court case types; and juvenile court drug, unruly, and deprived charges. Also, municipal court data has been added this year. We hope this publication will enhance your understanding of the caseload data. SUPREME Supreme Court Caseload Case filings between 1999 and 2000 increased 3%. Applications for Appeal increased 15% between 1999 (560) and 2000 (645). Attorney Disciplinaries decreased 15% between 1999 and 2000. As in 1999, Direct Appeals, Petitions for Certiorari, and Applications for Appeal, each, account for approximately 30% of Supreme Court filings in year 2000. Supreme Court Case Filings 2000 by case type with percentages Applications for Appeal 34.33% Other 9.74% Direct Appeals 26.82% Petitions for Certiorari 29.11% Supreme Court Filings 1999 & 2000 Filed Direct Appealsa Petitions for Certiorari Applications for Appeal Habeas Corpus Discretionary Interlocutory Interim Review (death penalty) Attorney Disciplinaries Original Petitions/Motions Certified Questions Bar Admissions Judicial Qualifications Emergency Motions 1999 509 540 324 201 31 4 179 7 4 13 1 15 2000 504 547 360 249 31 5 153 3 3 4 1 19 Total 1,828 1,879 Footnotes aIncludes 13 cross appeals and 1 granted application for interim review for both 1999 & 2000. 2 -- AOC Research Review -- January 2002 SUPREME Supreme Court Caseload The court disposed of 107% of filings in 2000. Discretionary Application dispositions show a 41% increase between 1999 (196) and 2000 (274). Interim review and emergency motion dispositions held constant between 1999 and 2000. Six percent of Petitions for Certiorari, two percent of Habeas Corpus, and eleven percent of Discretionary Applications were granted in 2000. Supreme Court Caseload 1996 - 2000 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 1,879 2,012 1,828 1,858 1,907 2,245 2,119 1,919 1,975 2,132 0 500 1,000 1,500 2,000 2,500 Filed Disposed Footnotes aIn 1999, 379 appeals and 52 granted writs of certiorari were disposed of by 402 written opinions; in 2000, 362 appeals and 41 granted writs of certiorari were disposed of by 371 written opinions. bIn 2000, cases transferred to the Court of Appeals include 6 appeals returned to the Court of Appeals. cIn 1999, discretionary applications granted includes 5 applications granted and remanded to the trial court; in 2000, discretionary applications granted includes 2 applications granted and remanded to the trial court. Supreme Court Dispositions 1999 & 2000 Disposed 1999 By Opiniona Affirmed without Opinion (Rule 59) Stricken from Docket Allowed Withdrawn Transferred to Court of Appealsb Appeals Dismissed Petition for Certiorari Denied Granted Dismissed Withdrawn Writ vacated Other Habeas Corpus Denied Granted Dismissed Remanded Discretionary Applications Denied Grantedc Dismissed Transferred to Court of Appeals Withdrawn Remanded Other Interim Review Denied Granted Interlocutory Applications Denied Granted Dismissed Transferred to Court of Appeals Emergency Motions Denied Granted Dismissed Bar Admissions Judicial Qualifications Attorney Discipline Original Petitions Dismissed Allowed Withdrawn Total 402 5 4 23 92 99 514 31 31 5 5 12 170 6 57 2 117 43 13 17 0 0 4 3 1 16 5 2 6 8 2 0 12 2 149 0 0 1,858 2000 371 6 8 52 137 94 513 37 35 7 3 0 166 6 73 5 174 30 29 38 2 1 0 2 2 13 12 6 9 6 3 1 5 1 162 2 1 2,012 SUPREME Supreme Court Caseload January 2002 -- AOC Research Review -- 3 Supreme Court Direct Appeals 2000 Five Most Frequent Filing Types 158 were murder filings 56 were constitutional question filings (criminal & civil) 27 were domestic relationsa filings 26 were equity filings 17 were title to land filings Footnote aIncludes 12 direct appeals in which no application for appeal was filed and granted. Supreme Court Opinions 2000 Affirmance by Case Type (Ten Highest Affirmance Rates by Percent) Case Type Total Number Percent Number Affirmed Affirmed Bar Admissions 3 3 100 Original Jurisdiction Petition 1 1 100 Interlocutory Appeal 10 10 100 Murdera 152 123 81 Title to Landb 13 9 69 Death Penalty Habeas Corpus 5 3 60 Miscellaneous 5 3 60 Constitutional Question (criminal) 28 16 57 EquityC 33 16 48 Willsd 12 4 33 Footnotes aIncludes 5 cases affirmed, reversed in part; 3 cases affirmed and remanded; and 3 cases affirmed in part, vacated in part. bIncludes 1 appeal affirmed in part, reversed in part. Does not include 1 case affirmed without opinion. cIncludes 3 cases affirmed without opinion and 2 cases affirmed without opinion and dismissed in part. dIncludes 1 case affirmed without opinion. 4 -- AOC Research Review -- January 2002 APPEALS Court of Appeals Caseload In 2000, there were 3,434 cases filed, compared to 3,359 in 1999, which represents a 2% increase. Court of Appeals Caseload 1999 & 2000 Total dispositions increased 1% between 1999 and 2000. Appeals filed increased from 2,521 in 1999 to 2,596 in 2000. Dispositions by Non-Published Opinions increased 29% and dispositions By Order or Rule 36 increased 28% between 1999 and 2000. Filed Appeals Discretionary Interlocutory Total 1999 2,521 434 404 3,359 2000 2,596 434 404 3,434 Twenty percent of Discretionary Applications and twenty-four percent of Interlocutory Applications were granted in 2000. Court of Appeals Caseload 1996 - 2000 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 3,434 3,365 3,359 3,331 3,366 3,314 3,513 3,391 3,411 3,450 0 1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 Filed Disposed Disposed Appeals By Opinion* Non-Published Opinions By Order Rule 36 Total 1999 1,667 253 528 53 2,501 Discretionary Applications Granted 101 Denied 257 Dismissed 56 Transferred to Supreme Court 19 Withdrawn 4 Total 437 Interlocutory Applications Granted 94 Denied 246 Dismissed 42 Transferred to Supreme Court 11 Other 0 Total 393 Total 3,331 2000 1,551 326 635 106 2,618 82 214 76 32 0 404 84 219 34 4 2 343 3,365 Footnote *1999 figures include 144 companion cases. SUPERIOR Superior Court Caseload Of the 343,167 cases filed in 2000, 333,367, or 97%, were disposed. Cases disposed between 1999 & 2000 increased by 5%. Domestic relations filings comprised the largest percentage of 2000 filings (44%). Civil cases are 61% of filings and criminal cases are 39%. Dispositions increased 8% between 19962000, while filings increased 5%. Superior Courts 1999-2000 Percent Change in Filings 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 January 2002 -- AOC Research Review -- 5 Criminal & Civil Cases in the Superior Courts 1996 - 2000 185,200 343,167 333,367 169,293 174,444 152,642 144,888 334,311 317,062 340,573 326,747 333,001 315,479 328,290 307,962 0 100,000 200,000 300,000 400,000 Filed Disposed Open Filings Declined Less than 5% 5% to 10% Over 10% Superior Court Case Filings 2000 by case type with percentages Probation Revocation 10% Misdemeanor 7% Felony 22% Domestic Relations 44% General Civil 17% 6 -- AOC Research Review -- January 2002 STATEState Court Caseload State Court reporting is dependent on voluntary submission of information by the clerk of court. In 2000, 59 of the 68 counties with state courts reported (87%) compared to 78% in 1999. Traffic cases represent almost two-thirds of state court filings. Criminal and Civil Cases in the State Courts, 1996 - 2000 with percentage of courts reporting 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 145,808 716,750 586,643 87% 622,150 552,435 87,002 78% 131,984 553,140 712,029 85% 107,628 700,175 611,119 89% 584,843 438,902 73,841 77% 0 150,000 300,000 450,000 600,000 750,000 Filed Disposed Open State Court Case Filings 2000 by case type with percentages Civil 21% Traffic 64% Misdemeanor 15% STATEState Court Caseload January 2002 -- AOC Research Review -- 7 Reporting is dependent on voluntary submission of information by the court. Forty of the 68 courts reported the selected case type information. Landlord tenant cases represented the majority (55%) of selected case type filings. State Court Selected Case Types, 2000 Probation Revocation Landlord Tenant DUI, Vehicular Homicide & Reckless Driving Total 16,241 46,905 22,094 85,240 State Court Selected Case Types, 2000 Percentage of Total 60 50 40 30 20 19% 10 0 Probation Revocation 55% Landlord Tenant 26% DUI, Vehicular Homicide & Reckless Driving 8 -- AOC Research Review -- January 2002 JUVENILE Juvenile Court Caseload Juvenile court reporting is voluntary, therefore, reporting is not complete. The number of courts and the specific ones reporting affects the data displayed each year. In 2000, 128 of 159 courts reported caseload, compared to 146 of 159 courts reported in 1999. Filings decreased from 125,234 (1999) to 118,765 (2000). This decrease is probably due to a smaller number of courts that reported. Delinquent cases (49%) are the majority of juvenile court filings. 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 Total Cases in the Juvenile Courts 1996 - 2000 with percentage of courts reporting 29,596 25,773 23,613 21,864 24,707 0 50,000 118,765 100,936 125,234 111,839 81% 92% 129,423 118,721 130,327 122,726 124,246 115,643 93% 97% 94% 100,000 150,000 Filed Disposed Open Juvenile Court Case Filings 2000 by case types with percentages Traffic 14% Special Proceedings 4% Deprived 18% Delinquent 49% Termination of Parental Rights 1% Unruly 14% JUVENILE Juvenile Court Caseload SELECTED COUNTY CHARGE DATA 2000 January 2002 -- AOC Research Review -- 9 Nineteen counties provided more specific information about the charges filed in their courts in calendar year 2000: Bartow, Camden, Chatham, Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, Dawson, Dougherty, Fayette, Fulton, Hall, Henry Murray, Newton, Troup, Walton, Ware, and Whitfield. These counties represent 37% of the state 2000 population and had 66,926 charges filed during the year. Delinquent drug related charges represented 3.9% of these charges, deprived 12.6%, and unruly 8.5%. Deprived Charges -- Selected Counties W/o Parental/Guardian's Control Legitimation Termination of Parental Rights Abused Abandoned Other -- Deprived Total 5,483 556 478 363 157 1,392 8,429 The type and number of charges making up these three categories is shown in the following charts and tables. In some instances, counties did not provide information about the subcategories so there is an "other" or "unspecified" category in the chart or table. For instance, one court did not provide information about truancy and three courts did not provide information about ungovernable charges, so these types of cases are included in the "other" or "unspecified" cases for those counties. For deprived cases, several courts did not separate abused, abandoned, and without parental or guardian's control charges. In drug cases, a large number of the cases were identified as VGCSA (violation of the Georgia Controlled Substances Act) without further detail as to the type of offense. Deprived Charges -- Selected Counties Calendar Year 2000 Filings Other - deprived 17% Abandoned 2% Abused 4% Termination of Parental Rights 6% Legitimation 7% Guardian Control 65% 10 -- AOC Research Review -- January 2002 JUVENILE Juvenile Court Caseload SELECTED COUNTY CHARGE DATA 2000 Charges of being without parental or guardian's control comprised the great majority of deprived charges (65%). Specific charge descriptions were not provided for about 37% of the drug related charges, these were identified only as violations of the Georgia Controlled Substances Act. Marijuana possession charges were 32% of the drug charges specifically identified in detail. Possession/sale of drugs near public parks, housing and schools were a significant number of the drug related charges reported (252 or 10%). Unruly Charges -- Selected Counties Curfew Truancy Runaway Ungovernable Other Total 688 1,108 1,594 1,545 761 5,696 Runaway charges comprised the highest percentage (29%) of unruly charges from the selected courts followed closely by ungovernable charges (27%). Unruly Charges -- Selected Counties Calendar Year 2000 Other 13% Curfew 12% Ungovernable 27% Truancy 19% Runaway 29% JUVENILE Juvenile Court Caseload January 2002 -- AOC Research Review -- 11 SELECTED COUNTY CHARGE DATA 2000 Drug Charges -- Selected Counties Poss. marijuana < 1 oz Poss. marijuana Poss./sale near school, park, public housing Poss. controlled substance Poss.--intent to sell/distribute Abandonment of drugs Poss. drug related object Sale/distribute Poss. imitation/conterfeit drug Inhalants Poss. dangerous drug/narcotic Trafficking Original container VSGA unspecified 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1,000 Drug Charges -- Selected Counties VCGSA unspecified Original container Trafficking Poss. dangerous drug/narcotic Inhalants Poss. imitation/counterfeit drug Sale/distribute Poss. drug related object Abandonment of drugs Poss. intent to sell/distribute Poss. controlled substance Poss./sale near school, park, public housing Poss. Marijuana Poss. Marijuana < 1 oz. Total 976 9 11 19 19 31 43 42 64 79 238 252 387 446 2,616 12 -- AOC Research Review -- January 2002 PROBATE Probate Court Caseload Reporting is dependent on voluntary submission of information by the court. Probate civil filings decreased from 32,159 (1999) to 31,936 (2000). This decrease is most likely due to a decrease in the percentage of counties reporting. Sixty percent of counties reported in 2000 compared to 62% in 1999. Ninety-two probate courts have criminal case jurisdiction. In 2000, 52% of counties handling probate criminal cases reported filings compared to 47% in 1999. In 2000, probate filings were 43% of all civil filings. Probate Court Civil Filings FY 1996 - CY 2000 with percentages reporting 40,000 30,000 37,820 34,887 35,159 36,039 32,159 31,936 20,000 10,000 0 FY 1996 FY 1997 FY 1998 CY 1998 CY 1999 CY 2000 69% 65% 67% 72% 62% 60% Probate Court Civil Case Filings 2000 by case types with percentages Estate Administration 17% Habeas Corpus 0.1% Guardianship 28% Probate of Wills 43% 12 Mo. Support 5% Involuntary Hospitalization 7% In 2000, probate court criminal dispositions increased 9% to 103,782 from 95,384. In 2000, 97% of criminal filings were traffic filings; 3% were other misdemeanors. Less than 1% of the criminal dispositions were bench trials dispositions; 64% were guilty pleas. FY 1996 FY 1997 FY 1998 CY 1998 CY 1999 CY 2000 Probate Court Criminal Caseload FY 1996 - CY 2000 with percentages reporting 101,505 103,782 52% 102,215 95,384 145,214 154,566 47% 57% 151,576 143,369 54% 142,347 141,023 139,735 136,451 55% 55% 0 40,000 80,000 120,000 160,000 Filed Disposed MAGISTRATE Magistrate Court Caseload January 2002 -- AOC Research Review -- 13 136 of 159 counties reported data in 2000. Between 1996 and 2000, warrants & filings increased 16%, while hearings and dispositions increased 30%. Between 1999 and 2000, warrants & filings increased 8%, while hearings and dispositions increased 3%. As in 1999, warrants comprised the largest percentage (36%) of Magistrate Court filings in 2000. As in 1999, foreclosures comprised the smallest percentage (2%) of Magistrate Court filings in 2000. There were 228,027 criminal preliminary hearings held in Magistrate Court. Civil filings were 46% of total filings and criminal 54%. FY 1996 FY 1997 FY 1998 CY 1998 CY 1999 CY 2000 Cases Filed Magistrate Court FY 1996 - CY 2000 with percentages reporting 574,218 764,513 707,595 559,570 611,189 783,121 592,443 763,492 517,872 699,737 443,096 660,279 86% 84% 85% 81% 83% 83% 0 200,000 400,000 600,000 800,000 Warrants & Filings Hearings & Dispositions Magistrate Court Case Filings 2000 by type with percentages Ordinances 9% Misdemeanors 9% Warrants 36% Civil Claims 20% Garnishments 6% Foreclosures 2% Dispossessories 18% 14 -- AOC Research Review -- January 2002 MUNICIPAL Municipal Court Caseload Municipal courts caseload data is from 187 surveys returned from municipal courts and special courts. Cases reported are cases heard (disposed). Traffic cases represent the majority (68%) of municipal court cases. Ordinance cases represent the smallest percentage (8%) of municipal court cases. A number of court responses did not include caseload data categorized by Traffic -- 20; Ordinance -- 24; and Preliminary Hearing -- 27. Percentage (Estimate) Municipal Courts Caseload Calendar Year 2000 Number of Cases Heard 29.41% 30 25 21.39% 18.18% 20 15 10.16% 10 12.30% 8.56% 5 0 187 Courts Reporting Less than 100 cases 100-499 cases 500-999 cases 1,000-4.999 cases More than 5,000 cases No response to this question Municipal Court Cases Heard Calendar Year 2000 By Case Type 100 80 60 40 20 0 Traffic Preliminary Hearing Ordinance Total Courts Reporting Total Cases Heard MUNICIPAL Municipal Court Caseload January 2002 -- AOC Research Review -- 15 There were 54,627 ordinance and 160,858 preliminary hearing cases heard in year 2000. 59 or 32% of municipal courts reported less than 50 ordinance cases. Only 4% reported more than 1,000 ordinance cases. 129 or 69% reported no preliminary hearings. Percentage of Courts Reporting (Estimate) 187 Courts Reporting Municipal Courts Reporting, 2000 by Traffic Cases Heard 30 26.20% 26.74% 25 20 15 11.76% 10 15.51% 10.70% 9.09% 5 0 Less than 100 cases 100-499 cases 500-999 cases 1,000-4,999 cases More than 5,000 cases No response to this question Municipal Caseload Reporting, 2000 By Ordinances & Preliminary Hearing ORDINANCES (54,627 Cases Heard) 200-999 17% More than 1,000 4% No Response 13% None 12% 50-199 22% Less than 50 32% PRELIMINARY HEARINGS (160,858 Cases Heard) 50-199 4% Less than 50 9% 200-999 2% More than 1,000 3% No repsonse 14% Less than 10% of municipal courts reported more than 5,000 traffic cases. None 69% About 38% had less than 500 traffic cases. 16 -- AOC Research Review -- January 2002 Superior Court Caseload Calendar Year 2000 (docket entries) Circuit Number of Judges Alapaha 2 Alcovy 3 Appalachian 2 Atlanta 18 Atlantic 4 Augusta 7 Bell-Forsyth 2 Blue Ridge 2 Brunswick 4 Chattahoochee 6 Cherokee 3 Clayton 4 Cobb 9 Conasauga 4 Cordele 2 Coweta 5 Dougherty 3 Douglas 3 Dublin 2 Eastern 6 Enotah 2 Flint 2 Griffin 4 Gwinnett 7 Houston 2 Lookout Mountain 4 Macon 5 Middle 2 Mountain 2 Northeastern 4 Northern 3 Ocmulgee 5 Oconee 2 Ogeechee 3 Pataula 2 Piedmont 3 Rockdale 2 Rome 3 South Georgia 2 Southern 4 Southwestern 3 Stone Mountain 10 Tallapoosa 4 Tifton 2 Toombs 2 Towaliga 2 Waycross 3 Western 3 Total 183 Average per Judge* Total Criminal Filed Disposed 3,548 3,138 1,866 19,664 882 4,101 793 1,505 2,658 2,190 2,786 2,712 6,873 2,473 1,324 3,061 2,906 3,552 1,251 3,869 1,616 1,053 2,591 3,700 1,749 2,910 3,804 1,150 1,237 2,924 1,512 4,625 1,522 1,607 1,393 1,839 1,313 3,023 1,058 3,265 1,739 7,062 2,514 749 1,403 1,125 1,736 1,534 132,905 726 3,256 3,220 1,717 26,828 812 4,054 765 1,390 2,339 2,296 2,435 2,869 6,388 2,377 1,570 3,042 2,721 3,100 1,222 3,480 1,601 830 2,821 3,515 1,500 2,825 3,834 994 1,220 2,897 1,858 4,796 1,462 1,643 1,465 1,854 1,303 3,046 1,003 3,449 1,754 6,228 2,077 789 1,435 1,098 1,655 1,467 136,300 745 *Based on 183 judges Felony Filed Disposed 1,249 1,069 588 15,182 572 2,108 532 798 1,955 1,238 710 1,718 5,292 1,013 462 2,239 1,365 1,326 603 2,684 471 651 1,581 2,528 1,015 1,055 1,388 969 544 1,574 795 1,904 556 1,100 696 612 842 752 547 2,065 581 5,029 872 388 323 587 982 828 73,938 404 968 1,038 473 22,346 519 2,129 501 776 1,742 1,303 553 1,871 4,805 987 593 2,196 1,328 1,110 581 2,373 497 500 1,815 2,483 811 1,061 1,542 814 545 1,654 1,030 2,014 573 1,138 766 601 845 838 523 2,215 597 4,195 560 332 334 576 1,064 759 78,874 431 Misdemeanor Filed Disposed 2,146 970 689 0 45 691 25 305 467 497 963 126 78 1,251 380 287 252 1,685 479 77 766 59 423 2,135 1,091 656 0 28 675 28 233 361 538 783 130 80 1,184 495 311 223 1,449 472 83 750 44 419 276 1,290 579 1 350 648 252 1,266 604 88 461 643 109 1,793 157 365 532 0 1,226 156 822 384 126 67 24,856 136 163 1,240 559 0 339 599 363 1,327 527 100 473 669 96 1,730 150 399 531 0 1,107 252 844 370 92 79 24,177 132 Probation Revocation Filed Disposed 153 1,099 589 4,482 265 1,302 236 402 236 455 1,113 868 1,503 209 482 535 1,289 541 169 1,108 379 343 587 1,172 458 565 1,837 180 343 702 465 1,455 362 419 236 584 362 478 354 835 626 2,033 416 205 258 154 628 639 34,111 186 153 1,091 588 4,482 265 1,250 236 381 236 455 1,099 868 1,503 206 482 535 1,170 541 169 1,024 354 286 587 1,032 526 524 1,733 180 336 644 465 1455 362 405 226 584 362 478 330 835 626 2,033 410 205 257 152 499 629 33,249 182 January 2002 -- AOC Research Review -- 17 Superior Court Caseload Calendar Year 2000 (docket entries) Total Civil Filed Disposed 2,379 4,898 2,001 14,614 3,884 7,556 1,511 2,509 4,302 8,069 4,403 4,522 9,646 4,431 2,408 6,536 1,913 3,276 3,018 6,634 2,147 3,022 4,662 12,233 3,072 4,883 5,309 2,118 2,066 3,619 3,372 4,342 2,485 4,280 2,039 3,347 2,191 3,329 2,893 6,534 3,092 12,725 4,188 3,079 2,293 2,211 3,321 2,900 210,262 1,149 2,482 4,653 1,746 12,487 3,731 7,161 1,376 2,409 3,257 8,173 3,782 4,284 7,158 3,256 2,519 6,261 2,146 3,206 3,084 6,237 2,165 2,803 4,613 12,067 2,662 4,690 5,235 2,114 1,957 3,600 3,419 4,300 2,497 4,160 1,983 3,203 2,324 3,076 2,937 6,678 2,138 11,941 3,832 3,084 2,356 1,900 3,119 2,806 197,067 1,077 General Civil Filed Disposed 852 1,911 869 4,045 1,328 1,821 422 483 1,176 2,101 1,766 476 1,488 1,687 778 1,474 608 1,764 830 1,689 850 849 1,411 3,592 483 1,126 1,223 560 669 985 984 1,503 776 1,086 611 1,317 723 1,265 819 1,506 957 1,790 1,722 857 558 922 1,231 921 58,864 322 906 1,729 725 3,471 1,300 1,655 365 506 1,127 2,029 1,443 493 1,132 1,333 809 1,648 665 1,851 847 1,491 859 826 1,388 3,587 472 1,112 1,183 548 651 1,083 1,064 1,484 790 1,117 583 1,303 728 1,206 795 1,534 916 1,807 1,699 880 561 782 1,123 928 56,534 309 Domestic Relations Filed Disposed 1,527 2,987 1,132 10,569 2,556 5,735 1,089 2,026 3,126 5,968 2,637 4,046 8,158 2,744 1,630 5,062 1,305 1,512 2,188 4,945 1,297 2,173 3,251 8,641 2,589 3,757 4,086 1,558 1,397 2,634 2,388 2,839 1,709 3,194 1,428 2,030 1,468 2,064 2,074 5,028 2,135 10,935 2,466 2,222 1,735 1,289 2,090 1,979 151,398 827 1,576 2,924 1,021 9,016 2,431 5,506 1,011 1,903 2,130 6,144 2,339 3,791 6,026 1,923 1,710 4,613 1,481 1,355 2,237 4,746 1,306 1,977 3,225 8,480 2,190 3,578 4,052 1,566 1,306 2,517 2,355 2,816 1,707 3,043 1,400 1,900 1,596 1,870 2,142 5,144 1,222 10,134 2,133 2,204 1,795 1,118 1,996 1,878 140,533 768 Filed 5,927 8,036 3,867 34,278 4,766 11,657 2,304 4,014 6,960 10,259 7,189 7,234 16,519 6,904 3,732 9,597 4,819 6,828 4,269 10,503 3,763 4,075 7,253 15,933 4,821 7,793 9,113 3,268 3,303 6,543 4,884 8,967 4,007 5,887 3,432 5,186 3,504 6,352 3,951 9,799 4,831 19,787 6,702 3,828 3,696 3,336 5,057 4,434 343,167 1,875 Total Disposed Open Circuit 5,738 7,873 3,463 39,315 4,543 11,215 2,141 3,799 5,596 10,469 6,217 7,153 13,546 5,633 4,089 9,303 4,867 6,306 4,306 9,717 3,766 3,633 7,434 15,582 4,162 7,515 9,069 3,108 3,177 6,497 5,277 9,096 3,959 5,803 3,448 5,057 3,627 6,122 3,940 10,127 3,892 18,169 5,909 3,873 3,791 2,998 4,774 4,273 333,367 1,822 2,941 3,521 2,059 36,706 3,214 7,851 1,172 1,933 4,466 4,920 5,668 3,221 9,161 3,891 795 3,958 1,454 3,927 1,745 4,680 1,289 3,465 4,223 4,933 3,382 3,115 4,622 1,941 785 2,592 2,393 1,906 697 1,884 589 2,488 1,084 2,382 1,072 3,199 3,789 11,784 4,086 2,084 790 2,505 3,058 1,780 185,200 1,012 Alapaha Alcovy Appalachian Atlanta Atlantic Augusta Bell-Forsyth Blue Ridge Brunswick Chattahoochee Cherokee Clayton Cobb Conasauga Cordele Coweta Dougherty Douglas Dublin Eastern Enotah Flint Griffin Gwinnett Houston Lookout Mountain Macon Middle Mountain Northeastern Northern Ocmulgee Oconee Ogeechee Pataula Piedmont Rockdale Rome South Georgia Southern Southwestern Stone Mountain Tallapoosa Tifton Toombs Towaliga Waycross Western Total Average per Judge 18 -- AOC Research Review -- January 2002 State Court Caseload Calendar Year 2000 (number of cases) County Appling1 Bacon Baldwin1 Bibb Brooks Bryan1 Bulloch1 Burke2 Candler3 Carroll Chatham3 Chattooga Cherokee Clarke Clayton1 Clinch Cobb1 Coffee Colquitt Coweta Decatur1 DeKalb Dougherty1 Early Effingham Elbert Emanuel1 Evans Fayette1 Forsyth Fulton1, 2 Glynn2 Grady Gwinnett Habersham Hall4 Henry Houston Jackson1, 2 Misdemeanor Filed Disposed Open N/R N/R N/R 48 95 33 1,402 958 444 5,240 5,546 2,896 256 154 102 N/R N/R N/R 532 N/R N/R * * * 157 157 0 1,010 850 319 2,705 5,026 2,170 262 194 68 2,478 2,156 1,322 1,991 1,632 1,105 15,199 15,533 N/R 227 223 4 6,838 6,464 N/R 130 49 81 925 793 600 1,375 1,247 303 N/R N/R N/R 7,681 4,588 5,252 N/R N/R N/R 180 145 35 911 721 328 670 696 206 N/R N/R N/R 180 139 93 N/R N/R N/R 4,041 4,474 787 * * * * * * 245 234 11 6,345 6,059 3,941 405 285 20 9,000 8,445 3,490 814 619 195 1,757 1,644 382 * * * Filed N/R 880 3,811 6,441 4,026 N/R 7,664 2,329 2,315 4,196 1,911 1,731 12,791 0 30,349 980 96,146 5,090 2,902 13,125 N/R 2,838 N/R 1,379 4,620 1,469 N/R 1,134 N/R 6,225 18,234 14,015 2,121 0 2,880 8,283 12,693 16,429 4,229 Traffic Disposed N/R 456 2,883 5,931 3,586 N/R N/R 2,202 2,310 4,189 2,301 1,456 9,489 0 29,690 977 95,469 4,006 2,474 12,452 N/R 1,680 N/R 1,317 4,094 1,455 N/R 915 N/R 6,224 N/R 13,124 2,001 0 2,383 7,956 11,303 16,947 N/R Open N/R 460 928 1,636 440 N/R N/R 685 5 2,008 1,798 275 2,018 0 N/R 3 N/R 1,084 850 5,142 N/R 2,707 N/R 62 2,527 373 N/R 869 N/R 861 N/R 891 120 0 162 41 1,390 832 N/R Filed N/R 29 139 1,681 14 N/R 460 225 115 693 4,097 206 1,321 596 5,001 39 24,860 190 159 821 N/R 47,112 N/R 38 116 89 N/R 57 N/R 763 41,230 447 105 8,106 145 1,800 791 769 262 Civil Disposed Open N/R N/R 12 19 N/R N/R 1,254 2,820 4 10 N/R N/R N/R N/R 146 361 84 31 619 874 2,893 2,143 129 77 938 1,830 460 571 4,522 N/R 37 2 22,147 N/R 60 130 47 178 1,243 772 N/R N/R 28,739 45,070 N/R N/R 30 8 93 23 42 47 N/R N/R 61 25 N/R N/R 757 460 N/R N/R 280 167 80 25 7,605 5,941 80 195 1,372 1,053 612 179 625 695 210 52 Total Filed Disposed Open N/R N/R N/R 957 563 512 5,352 3,841 1,372 13,362 12,731 7,352 4,296 3,744 552 N/R N/R N/R 8,656 N/R N/R 2,554 2,348 1,046 2,587 2,551 36 5,899 5,658 3,201 8,713 10,220 6,111 2,199 1,779 420 16,590 12,583 5,170 2,587 2,092 1,676 50,549 49,745 N/R 1,246 1,237 9 127,844 124,080 N/R 5,410 4,115 1,295 3,986 3,314 1,628 15,321 14,942 6,217 N/R N/R N/R 57,631 35,007 53,029 N/R N/R N/R 1,597 1,492 105 5,647 4,908 2,878 2,228 2,193 626 N/R R N/R 1,371 1,115 987 N/R N/R N/R 11,029 11,455 2,108 59,464 N/R N/R 14,462 13,404 1,058 2,471 2,315 156 14,451 13,664 9,882 3,430 2,748 377 19,083 17,773 4,584 14,298 12,534 1,764 18,955 19,216 1,909 4,491 210 52 January 2002 -- AOC Research Review -- 19 State Court Caseload Calendar Year 2000 (number of cases) County Jeff Davis Jefferson1 Jenkins Liberty4 Long1 Lowndes2 McIntosh Miller Mitchell Muscogee Pierce Putnam1 Richmond Rockdale Screven1 Spalding Stephens Sumter Tattnall Thomas Tift Toombs Treutlen1 Troup Walker Ware4 Washington Wayne1 Worth Total Misdemeanor Filed Disposed Open 298 275 23 N/R N/R N/R 162 120 42 883 795 297 N/R N/R N/R * * * 1,100 833 289 174 141 23 302 289 13 3,571 3,252 319 333 322 11 359 101 117 6,146 5,410 736 3,230 3,499 893 N/R N/R N/R 3,480 3,777 326 560 272 1,052 1,230 969 155 912 903 9 1,262 1,182 80 4,027 1,780 2,247 623 651 64 318 N/R N/R 2,206 2,317 691 1,784 862 922 1,115 1,145 512 695 691 255 N/R N/R N/R 799 700 472 108,573 99,412 33,735 Traffic Filed Disposed Open 662 623 39 N/R N/R N/R 1,300 1,189 111 8,903 8,781 908 N/R N/R N/R 32,092 32,214 0 4,548 4,589 2,695 1,032 961 71 1,727 1,662 65 3,264 2,985 279 1,171 1,108 63 2,880 2,803 N/R 42,000 38,991 3,009 9,230 8,411 1,651 N/R N/R N/R 10,323 11,234 415 1,358 1,021 1,217 3,092 2,971 390 2,791 2,737 54 5,011 4,560 451 5,606 5,534 72 1,529 1,598 152 2,634 N/R N/R 7,312 6,537 775 5,409 5,097 312 3,201 3,925 1,536 1,983 1,968 456 N/R N/R N/R 4,988 4,752 1,355 457,282 405,521 44,243 Filed 68 N/R 48 367 N/R 1,168 10 22 113 1,854 60 0 1,889 524 N/R 433 163 212 71 232 149 105 34 368 230 140 61 N/R 98 150,895 Civil Disposed Open 51 17 N/R N/R 31 17 271 168 N/R N/R 910 258 4 6 19 3 71 42 1,329 525 48 12 0 0 1,313 576 684 536 N/R N/R 370 235 67 96 108 180 49 31 195 37 104 45 134 17 N/R N/R 286 583 122 108 225 375 48 102 N/R N/R 90 103 81,710 67,830 Total Filed Disposed Open 1,028 949 79 N/R N/R N/R 1,510 1,340 170 10,153 9,847 1,373 N/R N/R N/R 33,260 33,124 258 5,658 5,426 2,990 1,228 1,121 97 2,142 2,022 120 8,689 7,566 1,123 1,564 1,478 86 3,239 2,904 117 50,035 45,714 4,321 12,984 12,594 3,080 N/R N/R N/R 14,236 15,381 976 2,081 1,360 2,365 4,534 4,048 725 3,774 3,689 94 6,505 5,937 568 9,782 7,418 2,364 2,257 2,383 233 2,986 N/R N/R 9,886 9,140 2,049 7,423 6,081 1,342 4,456 5,295 2,423 2,739 2,707 813 N/R N/R N/R 5,885 5,542 1,930 716,750 586,643 145,808 Note: 59 of 68 courts reported as of 9/5/01 1[N/R] indicates that data was not reported. 2Traffic and misdemeanor data are combined and shown under traffic. 3Data reported as number of defendants. 4Data reported as number of charges. 20 -- AOC Research Review -- January 2002 County Appling1 Atkinson1 Bacon1 Baker Baldwin Banks1 Barrow Bartow Ben Hill Berrien2 Bibb3 Bleckley Brantley1 Brooks Bryan1 Bulloch Burke Butts Calhoun1 Camden Candler Carroll2 Catoosa Charlton Chatham Chattahoochee Chattooga Cherokee Clarke1 Clay1 Clayton Clinch1 Cobb1 Coffee Colquitt1 Columbia Cook1 Coweta Crawford Crisp Dade Dawson Decatur1 DeKalb1, 2 Dodge Dooly Dougherty Douglas1 Early Echols Effingham Elbert1 Emanuel Evans Juvenile Court Caseload Calendar Year 2000 (number of children) Filed 90 N/R N/R 1 371 N/R 392 829 246 153 1,897 36 N/R 100 N/R 224 139 308 N/R 401 33 926 364 32 2,539 24 71 702 783 N/R 3,246 N/R 3,267 241 249 610 N/R 519 22 268 72 72 N/R 7,506 68 55 1,084 N/R 162 9 201 160 63 66 Delinquent Disposed N/R N/R N/R 0 371 N/R 332 1189 246 127 1,860 36 N/R 40 N/R 204 135 220 N/R 369 27 920 315 25 2,498 31 55 676 613 N/R 3,149 N/R 2818 144 188 586 N/R 398 1 281 20 42 N/R N/R 70 50 1,149 N/R 149 5 196 136 3 62 Open N/R N/R N/R 1 0 N/R 82 501 0 26 390 0 N/R 60 N/R 25 254 88 N/R 203 8 6 19 27 2425 29 16 241 N/R N/R 386 N/R 1019 97 61 1 N/R 779 22 0 52 30 N/R N/R 0 5 187 N/R 13 11 10 24 62 2 Filed 60 N/R N/R 0 75 N/R 127 562 23 68 281 5 N/R 28 N/R 48 13 48 N/R 157 6 305 142 7 417 15 56 254 417 N/R 598 N/R 691 71 166 19 N/R 83 4 43 15 42 N/R 1,798 8 38 179 N/R 4 1 68 0 11 36 Unruly Disposed N/R N/R N/R 0 75 N/R 125 521 23 45 261 5 N/R 11 N/R 43 9 42 N/R 136 6 305 133 7 486 8 29 251 186 N/R 566 N/R 620 49 164 19 N/R 71 1 46 9 26 N/R N/R 8 35 195 N/R 4 1 67 0 0 39 Open N/R N/R N/R 0 0 N/R 12 324 0 23 57 0 N/R 17 N/R 6 18 6 N/R 86 0 0 7 1 880 18 27 55 N/R N/R 132 N/R 165 22 2 0 N/R 149 3 0 6 16 N/R N/R 0 3 11 N/R 0 2 3 0 11 4 Termination of Parental Rights Filed Disposed Open N/R N/R N/R N/R N/R N/R N/R N/R N/R 2 2 0 6 6 0 N/R N/R N/R 30 23 11 21 21 0 0 0 0 8 7 1 * * * 0 0 0 N/R N/R N/R 4 4 0 N/R N/R N/R 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 N/R N/R N/R 10 9 4 0 0 0 30 28 2 4 1 3 2 2 2 54 34 58 0 0 0 2 1 1 14 21 8 17 21 N/R N/R N/R N/R 36 36 0 N/R N/R N/R 60 N/R N/R 0 0 0 10 6 4 2 1 1 N/R N/R N/R 19 19 31 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 6 3 3 N/R N/R N/R 64 N/R N/R 0 0 0 5 3 2 26 34 27 N/R N/R N/R 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/R N/R N/R 0 0 0 3 2 1 Filed 40 N/R N/R 6 131 N/R 115 288 63 50 1,199 9 N/R 63 N/R 44 27 105 N/R 74 35 359 89 29 675 8 89 334 341 N/R 1,553 N/R 1,230 25 157 47 N/R 443 67 60 43 49 N/R 1,733 36 23 189 N/R 35 10 36 53 39 63 Deprived Disposed N/R N/R N/R 1 131 N/R 95 232 63 35 1,064 9 N/R 63 N/R 26 13 29 N/R 74 8 213 13 32 467 8 50 329 213 N/R 1,519 N/R 1,110 3 128 42 N/R 323 67 60 3 39 N/R N/R 36 20 210 N/R 32 13 35 26 1 42 Open N/R N/R N/R 5 0 N/R 26 169 0 15 215 0 N/R 0 N/R 23 32 76 N/R 23 19 146 76 5 1222 17 39 83 N/R N/R 105 N/R 437 22 29 13 N/R 309 1 0 40 10 N/R N/R 0 3 34 N/R 3 38 3 27 38 27 January 2002 -- AOC Research Review -- 21 Filed 10 N/R N/R 0 98 N/R 39 251 6 15 216 12 N/R 28 N/R 13 29 28 N/R 41 2 280 162 5 689 4 80 456 192 N/R 421 N/R 1,660 81 52 393 N/R 288 0 58 49 30 N/R 806 10 19 169 N/R 17 3 38 35 0 16 Juvenile Court Caseload Calendar Year 2000 (number of children) Traffic Disposed N/R N/R N/R 0 98 N/R 35 211 6 13 213 12 N/R 28 N/R 14 26 17 N/R 35 1 280 153 5 673 1 76 420 92 N/R 409 N/R 1601 30 44 393 N/R 256 0 58 36 26 N/R N/R 10 15 185 N/R 16 0 38 34 0 17 Open N/R N/R N/R 0 0 N/R 7 238 0 2 32 0 N/R 0 N/R 0 14 11 N/R 16 1 0 2 1 629 3 4 125 N/R N/R 257 N/R 460 51 8 2 N/R 257 0 0 13 4 N/R N/R 0 4 10 N/R 1 4 0 1 0 6 Special Proceedings Filed Disposed Open N/R N/R N/R N/R N/R N/R N/R N/R N/R 0 0 0 11 11 0 N/R N/R N/R 9 5 7 47 42 96 0 0 0 20 20 0 26 24 36 9 9 0 N/R N/R N/R 0 0 0 N/R N/R N/R 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 N/R N/R N/R 48 36 36 0 0 0 156 10 146 0 0 0 0 0 0 68 59 251 2 4 1 24 18 6 10 10 12 34 23 N/R N/R N/R N/R 165 154 43 N/R N/R N/R 60 51 24 0 0 0 N/R N/R N/R 55 55 3 N/R N/R N/R 15 10 177 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 2 N/R N/R N/R 151 N/R N/R 4 4 0 4 4 0 80 78 6 N/R N/R N/R 11 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 5 0 Filed 200 N/R N/R 9 692 N/R 712 1998 338 314 3619 71 N/R 223 N/R 329 210 490 N/R 731 76 2056 761 75 4442 53 322 1770 1784 N/R 6019 N/R 6968 418 634 1,126 N/R 1367 93 429 182 203 N/R 12,058 126 144 1727 N/R 230 23 343 249 113 187 Total Disposed N/R N/R N/R 3 692 N/R 615 2216 338 247 3422 71 N/R 146 N/R 287 185 308 N/R 659 42 1756 615 71 4217 52 229 1707 1148 N/R 5833 N/R 6200 226 530 1,096 N/R 1077 72 445 70 138 N/R N/R 128 127 1851 N/R 211 19 336 197 4 167 Open N/R N/R N/R 6 0 N/R 145 1,328 0 67 730 0 N/R 77 N/R 54 318 182 N/R 368 28 300 107 36 5465 68 93 524 N/R N/R 923 N/R 2,105 192 104 20 N/R 1,702 26 0 112 65 N/R N/R 0 17 275 N/R 19 55 16 52 111 40 County Appling1 Atkinson1 Bacon1 Baker Baldwin Banks1 Barrow Bartow Ben Hill Berrien2 Bibb3 Bleckley Brantley1 Brooks Bryan1 Bulloch Burke Butts Calhoun1 Camden Candler Carroll2 Catoosa Charlton Chatham Chattahoochee Chattooga Cherokee Clarke1 Clay1 Clayton Clinch1 Cobb1 Coffee Colquitt1 Columbia Cook1 Coweta Crawford Crisp Dade Dawson Decatur1 DeKalb1, 2 Dodge Dooly Dougherty Douglas1 Early Echols Effingham Elbert1 Emanuel Evans 22 -- AOC Research Review -- January 2002 County Fannin Fayette Floyd Forsyth1 Franklin1 Fulton1 Gilmer Glascock1 Glynn Gordon Grady Greene Gwinnett1 Habersham Hall Hancock Haralson Harris Hart Heard1 Henry1 Houston1 Irwin1 Jackson1 Jasper Jeff Davis1 Jefferson Jenkins Johnson Jones Lamar Lanier1 Laurens1 Lee Liberty1 Lincoln1 Long1 Lowndes Lumpkin1 Macon Madison Marion McDuffie McIntosh Meriwether Miller2 Mitchell Monroe1 Montgomery Morgan Murray Muscogee Newton Oconee Juvenile Court Caseload Calendar Year 2000 (number of children) Filed 75 656 763 N/R N/R 5,616 177 N/R 682 242 92 71 2,657 121 789 25 131 100 97 N/R 597 1,589 N/R N/R 77 78 81 50 110 106 153 N/R N/R 209 N/R N/R N/R 598 N/R 156 113 36 144 53 123 37 71 N/R 26 81 238 1948 641 176 Delinquent Disposed Open 31 44 673 188 758 110 N/R N/R N/R N/R 7,309 1,842 39 138 N/R N/R 545 57 214 28 86 6 71 0 2,553 104 122 23 769 396 25 0 127 4 54 106 73 24 N/R N/R 587 10 1,460 123 N/R N/R N/R N/R 77 0 68 10 82 0 50 0 87 23 112 0 132 21 N/R N/R N/R N/R 205 4 N/R N/R N/R N/R N/R N/R 383 215 N/R N/R 148 8 109 23 18 59 169 7 29 49 112 8 37 0 64 7 N/R N/R 26 0 66 15 179 104 1774 174 696 169 136 40 Filed 33 234 447 N/R N/R 1,110 40 N/R 264 244 3 16 1,123 27 289 1 193 53 9 N/R 90 1,202 N/R N/R 25 34 43 19 15 18 44 N/R N/R 30 N/R N/R N/R 142 N/R 32 30 12 41 52 43 10 5 N/R 3 51 94 676 278 39 Unruly Disposed 11 216 471 N/R N/R 1,362 7 N/R 249 235 2 16 1,090 28 276 1 186 35 5 N/R 90 1,126 N/R N/R 25 33 43 21 15 22 38 N/R N/R 30 N/R N/R N/R 94 N/R 31 26 4 34 53 40 10 4 N/R 3 47 68 619 299 35 Open 22 53 43 N/R N/R 296 33 N/R 22 9 1 0 33 7 81 0 7 79 4 N/R 0 66 N/R N/R 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 N/R N/R 0 N/R N/R N/R 48 N/R 1 4 14 2 43 3 0 1 N/R 0 4 45 57 25 4 Termination of Parental Rights Filed Disposed Open 0 0 0 9 7 5 24 33 21 N/R N/R N/R N/R N/R N/R 198 224 81 0 0 0 N/R N/R N/R 8 4 4 5 3 2 0 0 0 5 5 0 27 N/R N/R 6 5 1 22 27 11 4 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 3 0 3 N/R N/R N/R N/R N/R N/R N/R N/R N/R N/R N/R N/R N/R N/R N/R 5 5 0 N/R N/R N/R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 0 2 2 0 N/R N/R N/R N/R N/R N/R 0 0 0 N/R N/R N/R N/R N/R N/R N/R N/R N/R 13 5 8 N/R N/R N/R 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 3 5 1 6 6 1 8 8 0 0 0 0 19 18 1 N/R N/R N/R 0 0 0 6 6 0 11 13 5 12 12 0 3 2 1 1 0 1 Filed 27 258 397 N/R N/R 3,147 56 N/R 83 307 35 97 758 42 267 12 74 12 39 N/R 167 444 N/R N/R 34 25 9 11 12 72 137 N/R N/R 14 N/R N/R N/R 85 N/R 13 22 16 20 101 71 14 69 N/R 10 14 121 711 75 32 Deprived Disposed 7 222 341 N/R N/R 3,305 10 N/R 69 283 30 97 666 38 253 12 62 0 9 N/R 160 420 N/R N/R 37 20 10 10 12 72 115 N/R N/R 14 N/R N/R N/R 10 N/R 10 8 0 18 99 67 14 67 N/R 10 14 117 675 84 27 Open 20 65 145 N/R N/R 727 46 N/R 14 24 5 0 95 30 55 0 12 25 30 N/R 7 22 N/R N/R 0 5 0 1 0 0 21 N/R N/R 0 N/R N/R N/R 75 N/R 3 21 32 3 16 4 0 2 N/R 0 0 47 36 10 5 January 2002 -- AOC Research Review -- 23 Filed 37 545 324 N/R N/R 1,093 24 N/R 202 200 22 9 2,044 37 632 0 52 34 21 N/R 105 514 N/R N/R 22 27 0 2 4 40 43 N/R N/R 73 N/R N/R N/R 246 N/R 16 49 11 58 38 30 16 5 N/R 1 51 56 393 183 76 Juvenile Court Caseload Calendar Year 2000 (number of children) Traffic Disposed 28 586 299 N/R N/R 1,122 6 N/R 185 191 20 9 1,990 36 686 0 52 30 14 N/R 105 495 N/R N/R 23 26 0 2 4 40 32 N/R N/R 73 N/R N/R N/R 177 N/R 16 46 7 53 30 30 16 5 N/R 1 42 45 387 191 75 Open 9 33 78 N/R N/R 202 18 N/R 17 9 2 0 54 6 104 0 0 26 7 N/R 0 14 N/R N/R 0 1 0 0 0 0 11 N/R N/R 0 N/R N/R N/R 69 N/R 0 4 9 1 20 0 0 0 N/R 0 9 61 6 20 1 Special Proceedings Filed Disposed Open 6 1 5 58 50 25 68 60 31 N/R N/R N/R N/R N/R N/R 1,222 1,476 357 3 0 3 N/R N/R N/R 22 22 0 0 0 0 4 3 1 2 2 0 1,578 1,509 69 13 11 2 24 21 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 13 7 0 0 0 N/R N/R N/R 1 1 0 27 22 5 N/R N/R N/R N/R N/R N/R 1 1 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 N/R N/R N/R N/R N/R N/R 5 5 0 N/R N/R N/R N/R N/R N/R N/R N/R N/R 0 0 0 N/R N/R N/R 8 8 0 0 0 0 9 5 5 4 4 0 0 0 0 105 100 5 2 2 0 1 1 0 N/R N/R N/R 0 0 0 0 0 0 48 43 14 111 93 18 286 353 49 0 0 0 Filed 178 1760 2023 N/R N/R 12386 300 N/R 1261 998 156 200 8187 246 2023 42 451 213 169 N/R 960 3776 N/R N/R 164 170 133 82 141 243 379 N/R N/R 331 N/R N/R N/R 1084 N/R 225 216 84 270 250 380 79 170 N/R 40 203 568 3851 1466 324 Total Disposed 78 1754 1962 N/R N/R 14798 62 N/R 1074 926 141 200 7808 240 2032 42 428 132 101 N/R 943 3523 N/R N/R 168 153 135 83 118 253 319 N/R N/R 327 N/R N/R N/R 669 N/R 213 190 34 283 217 357 79 159 N/R 40 175 465 3560 1625 273 Open 100 369 428 N/R N/R 3,505 238 N/R 114 72 15 0 355 69 660 0 23 244 68 N/R 17 230 N/R N/R 0 17 0 1 23 0 59 N/R N/R 4 N/R N/R N/R 415 N/R 12 53 119 14 129 20 0 11 N/R 0 28 276 291 274 51 County Fannin Fayette Floyd Forsyth1 Franklin1 Fulton1 Gilmer Glascock1 Glynn Gordon Grady Greene Gwinnett1 Habersham Hall Hancock Haralson Harris Hart Heard1 Henry1 Houston1 Irwin1 Jackson1 Jasper Jeff Davis1 Jefferson Jenkins Johnson Jones Lamar Lanier1 Laurens1 Lee Liberty1 Lincoln1 Long1 Lowndes Lumpkin1 Macon Madison Marion McDuffie McIntosh Meriwether Miller2 Mitchell Monroe1 Montgomery Morgan Murray Muscogee Newton Oconee 24 -- AOC Research Review -- January 2002 Juvenile Court Caseload Calendar Year 2000 (number of children) County Oglethorpe Paulding Peach Pickens Pierce Pike Polk Pulaski Putnam Quitman1 Rabun Randolph2 Richmond Rockdale Schley Screven Seminole Spalding Stephens Stewart Sumter Talbot Taliaferro1 Tattnall1 Taylor Telfair Terrell Thomas Tift1 Toombs Towns Treutlen Troup Turner1 Twiggs Union1 Upson1 Walker1 Walton Ware Warren1 Washington Wayne1 Webster Wheeler White1 Whitfield Wilcox Wilkes1 Wilkinson Worth Total Filed 38 522 110 39 75 136 450 43 109 N/R 30 52 987 607 33 135 74 319 162 91 450 13 N/R 281 12 46 85 433 338 121 3 31 919 90 89 N/R N/R N/R 792 200 27 234 N/R 15 15 N/R 635 24 63 75 207 57,596 Delinquent Disposed Open 36 4 491 31 95 15 37 2 69 6 136 0 357 93 43 0 109 0 N/R N/R 33 2 48 4 956 31 610 114 29 4 135 0 18 56 299 20 156 38 83 8 449 1 7 20 N/R N/R 260 21 12 28 24 22 83 2 387 46 242 96 121 0 0 3 30 1 749 914 18 72 89 0 N/R N/R N/R N/R N/R N/R 804 159 183 439 N/R N/R 250 11 N/R N/R 13 2 14 1 N/R N/R 617 140 24 0 63 0 63 12 183 74 48,416 12,793 Filed 10 198 7 141 23 13 93 5 27 N/R 9 6 17 120 8 41 90 27 23 14 187 16 N/R N/R 1 21 17 80 17 29 5 10 152 46 7 N/R N/R N/R 390 80 9 46 N/R 4 3 N/R 242 7 5 13 0 16,362 Unruly Disposed 6 196 7 139 20 13 85 5 27 N/R 9 6 17 115 8 42 52 26 24 14 187 7 N/R N/R 4 19 16 56 11 29 4 9 113 9 7 N/R N/R N/R 383 93 N/R 46 N/R 4 3 N/R 240 7 5 11 0 13,701 Open 4 2 0 2 3 0 8 0 0 N/R 1 0 0 9 0 2 38 1 7 0 0 17 N/R N/R 4 2 1 24 6 0 1 1 373 37 0 N/R N/R N/R 74 217 N/R 0 N/R 0 0 N/R 46 0 0 2 0 3,962 Termination of Parental Rights Filed Disposed Open 1 1 0 1 1 0 3 3 0 5 4 1 3 3 0 11 11 0 14 10 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 N/R N/R N/R 1 0 4 0 0 0 30 30 0 34 32 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 22 22 0 15 8 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 8 N/R N/R N/R N/R N/R N/R 1 0 5 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 4 1 3 0 0 0 N/R N/R N/R N/R N/R N/R N/R N/R N/R 13 8 5 1 0 1 N/R N/R N/R 0 0 0 N/R N/R N/R 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/R N/R N/R 29 27 14 1 1 0 2 2 0 4 4 0 0 6 0 1,062 872 393 Notes: Data is shown for the 128 of 159 counties that reported. 1N/R indicates data not reported as of September 10, 2001. 2For these counties, the unit of count is charges. 3Termination of parental rights and deprived data are combined and are shown under deprived. Filed 13 216 54 83 6 157 141 7 50 N/R 26 35 534 164 3 20 42 697 22 6 37 1 N/R 64 9 16 18 110 49 132 11 15 310 24 15 N/R N/R N/R 126 98 14 14 N/R 1 5 N/R 316 11 27 40 63 21,776 Deprived Disposed Open 11 2 170 46 47 7 51 32 4 2 157 0 101 40 7 0 50 0 N/R N/R 23 7 32 3 534 0 172 31 2 1 8 12 0 42 694 3 20 14 6 0 35 2 0 14 N/R N/R 56 8 0 33 3 13 18 0 98 12 5 44 132 0 5 6 15 0 215 399 1 23 15 0 N/R N/R N/R N/R N/R N/R 133 20 82 241 N/R N/R 14 0 N/R N/R 1 0 5 0 N/R N/R 308 57 11 0 27 0 26 14 43 38 17,708 6,099 January 2002 -- AOC Research Review -- 25 Filed 18 185 62 28 42 37 132 2 23 N/R 15 15 495 201 4 0 24 39 39 2 55 6 N/R 39 12 10 37 163 24 5 9 12 236 12 9 N/R N/R N/R 114 40 6 0 N/R 11 5 N/R 448 13 20 5 16 16,806 Juvenile Court Caseload Calendar Year 2000 (number of children) Traffic Disposed 17 173 62 28 38 37 101 2 23 N/R 15 15 466 241 4 0 22 37 36 2 53 4 N/R 34 11 6 37 146 14 4 9 10 217 9 9 N/R N/R N/R 104 27 N/R 0 N/R 11 4 N/R 451 13 20 4 19 15,287 Open 1 12 0 0 4 0 31 0 0 N/R 1 0 29 48 0 0 2 2 4 0 2 5 N/R 5 8 4 0 17 10 1 0 2 328 3 0 N/R N/R N/R 19 75 N/R 0 N/R 0 1 N/R 34 0 0 1 3 3,606 Special Proceedings Filed Disposed Open 2 2 0 8 5 3 15 12 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 3 3 0 N/R N/R N/R 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 2 4 4 0 16 16 0 5 3 4 N/R N/R N/R N/R N/R N/R 4 2 7 1 1 0 1 1 0 4 4 0 N/R N/R N/R 8 8 0 4 1 3 1 1 0 20 18 68 N/R N/R N/R 1 1 0 N/R N/R N/R N/R N/R N/R N/R N/R N/R 54 47 23 14 19 111 N/R N/R N/R 0 0 0 N/R N/R N/R 1 1 0 0 0 0 N/R N/R N/R 329 324 62 1 1 0 N/R N/R N/R 0 0 0 0 0 0 5,163 4,952 1,743 Filed 82 1130 251 297 149 355 830 59 213 N/R 83 108 2063 1132 50 196 232 1104 266 117 745 49 N/R 384 39 94 162 790 431 295 32 69 1637 176 121 N/R N/R N/R 1489 433 56 294 N/R 32 28 N/R 1999 57 117 137 286 118,765 Total Disposed Open 73 11 1036 94 226 25 260 37 134 15 355 0 654 176 59 0 213 0 N/R N/R 82 15 101 7 2003 60 1175 212 45 5 185 14 94 138 1078 26 247 79 109 8 740 5 21 68 N/R N/R 350 34 29 85 53 41 159 3 691 99 274 157 294 1 19 13 65 4 1312 2,096 38 138 121 0 N/R N/R N/R N/R N/R N/R 1479 300 404 1,084 N/R N/R 310 11 N/R N/R 30 2 26 2 N/R N/R 1967 353 57 0 117 0 108 29 251 115 100,936 29,596 County Oglethorpe Paulding Peach Pickens Pierce Pike Polk Pulaski Putnam Quitman1 Rabun Randolph2 Richmond Rockdale Schley Screven Seminole Spalding Stephens Stewart Sumter Talbot Taliaferro1 Tattnall1 Taylor Telfair Terrell Thomas Tift1 Toombs Towns Treutlen Troup Turner1 Twiggs Union1 Upson1 Walker1 Walton Ware Warren1 Washington Wayne1 Webster Wheeler White1 Whitfield Wilcox Wilkes1 Wilkinson Worth Total 26 -- AOC Research Review -- January 2002 Probate Court Civil Caseload Calendar Year 2000 (docket entries) No Letters of Administration Probate County Administration Necessary Common Solemn Appling 0 0 0 0 Atkinson 0 0 0 0 Bacon 0 0 0 0 Baker 0 0 0 0 Baldwin4 34 1 2 88 Banks4 12 2 2 33 Barrow4 31 0 2 116 Bartow4 82 9 0 267 Ben Hill4 6 2 2 38 Berrien 0 0 0 0 Bibb4 115 20 14 435 Bleckley4 6 0 2 31 Brantley4 15 2 0 28 Brooks1 5 0 0 9 Bryan2 3 1 0 16 Bulloch3 25 3 2 109 Burke3 32 7 4 23 Butts 0 0 0 0 Calhoun 0 0 0 0 Camden 0 0 0 0 Candler 0 0 0 0 Carroll4 99 3 1 236 Catoosa 0 0 0 0 Charlton 0 0 0 0 Chatham4 212 43 36 524 Chattahoochee 0 0 0 0 Chattooga 0 0 0 0 Cherokee4 69 14 2 255 Clarke2 28 0 0 163 Clay 0 0 0 0 Clayton4 306 150 37 967 Clinch1 9 2 0 20 Cobb4 279 41 18 975 Coffee4 45 9 1 63 Colquitt4 26 4 2 103 Columbia 0 0 0 0 Cook 0 0 0 0 Coweta4 46 2 3 204 Crawford4 17 0 1 29 Crisp 0 0 0 0 Dade4 5 0 2 26 Dawson 0 0 0 0 Decatur4 24 5 1 75 DeKalb1 279 30 49 470 Dodge 0 0 0 0 Dooly 0 0 0 0 Dougherty4 82 5 7 217 Douglas4 64 14 3 145 Early3 9 3 0 35 Echols 0 0 0 0 Effingham4 28 7 13 63 Elbert4 8 2 1 60 Emanuel3 15 4 0 32 Evans4 16 0 0 30 Guardianship 0 0 0 0 27 22 99 62 22 0 112 5 11 21 31 41 1 0 0 0 0 61 0 0 634 0 0 105 24 0 663 4 767 27 6 0 0 121 9 0 18 0 22 463 0 0 172 96 12 0 74 27 8 17 Twelve Months Support 0 0 0 0 3 12 2 9 0 0 57 3 5 1 3 2 3 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 89 0 0 22 6 0 211 2 55 2 8 0 0 31 5 0 1 0 5 55 0 0 7 21 2 0 30 11 3 0 Involuntary Hospitalization 0 0 0 0 157 6 13 85 10 0 30 6 0 0 8 28 0 0 0 0 0 29 0 0 57 0 0 26 0 0 45 0 109 0 42 0 0 24 0 0 0 0 13 142 0 0 107 0 7 0 15 11 38 16 Writs of Habeas Corpus 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TTootatal lCCivivilil 0 0 0 0 312 89 263 514 80 0 783 53 61 36 62 210 70 0 0 0 0 441 0 0 1,595 0 0 493 221 0 2,379 37 2,244 147 191 0 0 431 61 0 52 0 145 1,489 0 0 597 343 68 0 230 120 100 79 Licenses Marriage Pistol 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 318 294 64 197 295 445 500 804 171 150 0 0 1,275 962 82 172 103 127 18 79 67 102 316 288 84 101 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 654 749 0 0 0 0 1,728 1,022 0 0 0 0 733 1,076 297 479 0 0 1,563 1,493 75 34 4,688 3,152 409 229 285 171 0 0 0 0 558 851 69 96 0 0 79 124 0 0 218 155 897 1,088 0 0 0 0 860 649 829 800 57 102 0 0 195 311 113 155 132 136 71 125 January 2002 -- AOC Research Review -- 27 Probate Court Civil Caseload for Calendar Year 2000 (docket entries) County No Letters of Administration Administration Necessary Fannin4 26 6 Fayette4 45 1 Floyd 0 0 Forsyth4 34 0 Franklin3 10 3 Fulton4 566 168 Gilmer 0 0 Glascock 0 0 Glynn4 89 1 Gordon2 27 2 Grady4 29 2 Greene3 10 3 Gwinnett4 220 22 Habersham4 34 2 Hall4 95 11 Hancock 0 0 Haralson4 83 0 Harris 0 0 Hart4 14 5 Heard3 12 0 Henry4 49 7 Houston4 76 12 Irwin 0 0 Jackson4 52 3 Jasper4 7 1 Jeff Davis4 15 3 Jefferson 0 0 Jenkins3 8 1 Johnson 0 0 Jones 12 2 Lamar 0 0 Lanier 0 0 Laurens4 34 10 Lee4 19 0 Liberty4 69 0 Lincoln 0 0 Long4 10 0 Lowndes2 30 9 Lumpkin 0 0 Macon4 15 0 Madison 0 0 Marion 0 0 McDuffie4 25 4 McIntosh 0 0 Meriwether 0 0 Miller 0 0 Mitchell3 20 3 Monroe 0 0 Montgomery 0 0 Morgan4 13 3 Murray1 5 1 Muscogee 0 0 Newton 0 0 Oconee 0 0 Probate Common Solemn 0 62 2 171 0 0 2 185 0 41 49 1,658 0 0 0 0 14 215 5 38 0 63 2 23 27 679 4 103 9 425 0 0 4 89 0 0 1 77 0 23 11 212 9 212 0 0 3 97 1 34 0 18 0 0 1 20 0 0 4 64 0 0 0 0 0 52 2 35 1 113 0 0 0 18 2 92 0 0 2 30 0 0 0 0 6 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 0 0 0 0 1 62 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 Guardianship 25 87 0 63 13 1,815 0 0 83 36 17 22 744 80 156 0 77 0 25 24 161 130 0 56 14 4 0 3 0 23 0 0 34 27 319 0 27 32 0 10 0 0 45 0 0 0 16 0 0 17 9 0 0 0 Twelve Months Support 8 33 0 5 6 90 0 0 44 3 1 0 110 15 21 0 18 0 6 10 42 14 0 18 2 2 0 2 0 11 0 0 8 2 13 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 Involuntary Hospitalization 16 0 0 16 6 12 0 0 23 0 33 11 6 12 29 0 6 0 7 28 27 35 0 19 19 0 0 0 0 15 0 0 31 0 10 0 1 20 0 6 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 Writs of Habeas Corpus 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total Civil 143 342 0 305 79 4,358 0 0 469 111 145 71 1,808 250 746 0 281 0 135 97 509 488 0 248 78 42 0 35 0 131 0 0 169 85 525 0 56 189 0 100 0 0 167 0 0 0 80 0 0 100 30 0 0 0 Licenses Marriage Pistol 98 309 601 882 0 0 632 982 80 146 6,033 2,580 0 0 0 0 842 586 153 177 146 160 55 122 4,289 3,658 208 356 891 967 0 0 227 357 0 0 117 289 81 145 804 1,238 861 885 0 0 229 442 77 162 118 87 0 0 96 126 0 0 145 311 0 0 0 0 322 313 179 258 558 190 0 0 50 51 431 218 0 0 95 106 0 0 0 0 126 183 0 0 0 0 0 0 112 96 0 0 0 0 96 101 45 92 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 -- AOC Research Review -- January 2002 Probate Court Civil Caseload for Calendar Year 2000 (docket entries) County No Letters of Administration Administration Necessary Oglethorpe3 15 0 Paulding4 37 11 Peach 0 0 Pickens 0 0 Pierce 0 0 Pike 0 0 Polk 0 0 Pulaski4 10 2 Putnam4 13 0 Quitman 0 0 Rabun4 10 3 Randolph1 7 1 Richmond4 163 43 Rockdale4 46 17 Schley 0 0 Screven4 29 4 Seminole3 5 15 Spalding4 54 11 Stephens 0 0 Stewart 0 0 Sumter3 18 2 Talbot2 5 1 Taliaferro 0 0 Tattnall4 25 0 Taylor4 17 0 Telfair 0 0 Terrell1 4 0 Thomas3 15 2 Tift3 20 4 Toombs3 15 7 Towns1 1 0 Treutlen1 1 0 Troup4 58 14 Turner4 5 2 Twiggs1 3 0 Union4 19 2 Upson 0 0 Walker 27 6 Walton3 47 6 Ware 34 8 Warren 0 0 Washington 0 0 Wayne 0 0 Webster 0 0 Wheeler 0 0 White1 3 1 Whitfield4 78 3 Wilcox 0 0 Wilkes4 9 0 Wilkinson4 13 0 Worth3 15 1 Total 4,606 836 Probate Common Solemn 0 45 0 116 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 1 56 0 0 0 65 1 8 22 444 1 149 0 0 1 45 1 27 3 172 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 11 0 0 0 46 3 29 0 0 0 13 3 91 1 70 2 35 0 12 0 0 4 182 0 18 3 5 1 45 0 0 10 124 5 90 3 96 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 1 234 0 0 0 43 0 32 0 36 435 13,384 Guardianship 33 44 0 0 0 0 0 2 27 0 24 1 141 145 0 19 1 105 0 0 20 4 0 24 5 0 1 20 17 35 1 4 59 15 1 28 0 76 57 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 35 0 13 7 33 8,982 Twelve Months Support 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 127 41 0 7 1 19 0 0 3 0 0 6 1 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 13 3 1 6 0 18 19 14 0 0 0 0 0 1 12 0 2 4 2 1,503 Involuntary Hospitalization 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 0 184 10 0 7 6 29 0 0 23 0 0 3 0 0 5 214 9 4 0 0 42 9 7 0 0 18 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 47 0 17 12 17 2,145 Writs of Habeas Corpus 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 45 Total Civil 104 217 0 0 0 0 0 30 113 0 104 18 1,124 409 0 112 56 393 0 0 166 21 0 104 55 0 23 347 121 102 14 5 372 52 20 101 0 279 253 160 0 0 0 0 0 27 410 0 84 68 104 31,936 Data from 96 of 159 courts. Clarke--Wills were not separated by solemn and common; all are reported under solemn. 1Reported one quarter. 2Reported two quarters. 3Reported three quarters. 4Reported four quarters. Licenses Marriage Pistol 76 273 504 703 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 105 86 163 282 0 0 99 211 10 21 1,065 1,132 650 663 0 0 96 92 329 70 453 659 0 0 0 0 270 248 18 33 0 0 122 138 48 92 0 0 19 26 282 151 244 269 177 175 15 22 16 16 356 602 71 40 11 33 93 267 0 0 74 337 249 503 327 261 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 51 56 451 551 0 0 49 93 61 109 146 221 43,300 41,728 January 2002 -- AOC Research Review -- 29 Probate Court Criminal Caseload for Calendar Year 2000 (docket entries) County Filed Atkinson 0 Baker 0 Banks4 226 Barrow4 0 Bartow4 0 Ben Hill4 42 Berrien 0 Bleckley4 0 Brantley4 39 Butts 0 Calhoun 0 Camden 0 Catoosa 0 Charlton 0 Chattahoochee 0 Clay 0 Columbia 0 Cook 0 Crawford4 83 Crisp 0 Dade4 0 Dawson 0 Dodge 0 Dooly 0 Douglas 0 Echols 0 Fannin4 60 Floyd 0 Franklin3 74 Gilmer 0 Glascock 0 Gordon3 43 Greene 0 Hancock 0 Haralson4 3 Harris 0 Hart4 150 Heard4 64 Henry* 0 Irwin 0 Jasper4 431 Johnson 0 Jones4 288 Lamar 0 Lanier 0 Laurens4 82 Lee 0 Lincoln 0 Lumpkin 0 Macon3 0 Madison 0 MISDEMEANOR Disposed by: Guilty Plea 0 0 131 0 0 31 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 52 0 19 0 0 46 0 0 3 0 28 62 0 0 65 0 68 0 0 93 0 0 0 0 0 Cash Bond 0 0 46 0 0 7 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 113 0 0 0 354 0 142 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 Non-Trial 0 0 20 0 0 1 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 12 0 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bench Trial Acquitted Convicted 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Filed 0 0 1,860 3,869 4,294 876 0 1,158 1,387 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 826 0 3,780 0 0 0 0 0 898 0 2,348 0 0 4,265 0 0 2,117 0 1,119 1,181 0 0 709 0 2,491 0 0 15,058 2,486 0 0 1,161 0 TRAFFIC Disposed by: Guilty Plea 0 0 1,168 724 7,751 673 0 0 527 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 537 0 3,283 0 0 0 0 0 691 0 68 0 0 3,914 0 0 1,729 0 692 1,113 1 0 122 0 633 0 0 15,001 1,860 0 0 755 0 Cash Bond 0 0 480 2,561 468 158 0 1,132 479 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 329 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2,272 0 0 509 0 0 0 0 346 0 137 0 553 0 1,757 0 0 165 430 0 0 0 0 Non-Trial 0 0 93 584 685 5 0 16 381 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 497 0 0 0 0 0 96 0 8 0 0 311 0 0 181 0 98 46 11 0 34 0 272 0 0 178 196 0 0 48 0 Bench Trial Acquitted Convicted 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 20 0 0 0 0 42 29 35 319 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total Filed Disposed 0 0 0 0 2,086 1,938 3,869 3,869 4,294 8,904 918 875 0 0 1,158 1,158 1,426 1,426 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 909 969 0 0 3,780 3,780 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 958 853 0 0 2,422 2,393 0 0 0 0 4,308 4,784 0 0 0 0 2,120 1,913 0 0 1,269 1,279 1,245 1,245 0 149 0 0 1,140 1,140 0 0 2,779 2,972 0 0 0 0 15,140 15,510 2,486 2,840 0 0 0 0 1,161 803 0 0 30 -- AOC Research Review -- January 2002 Probate Court Criminal Caseload for Calendar Year 2000 (docket entries) County Marion McDuffie4 Meriwether Monroe Montgomery Morgan4 Murray1 Newton Oconee Oglethorpe4 Paulding4 Peach Pickens Pike Polk Pulaski4 Quitman Rabun Randolph1 Schley Seminole4 Stewart Talbot2 Taliaferro Taylor4 Telfair Terrell1 Towns1 Turner4 Twiggs1 Union Upson Walton3 Warren Webster Wheeler White1 Whitfield4 Wilcox Wilkes4 Wilkinson4 Total Filed 0 0 0 0 0 88 0 0 0 61 201 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 76 0 0 0 34 0 10 10 0 9 206 0 130 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 50 2,510 MISDEMEANOR Disposed by: Guilty Plea 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 0 12 7 0 9 110 0 78 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 1 1,075 Cash Bond 0 0 0 0 0 75 0 0 0 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 41 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 72 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 43 1,049 Non-Trial 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 175 Bench Trial Acquitted Convicted 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 10 31 Filed 0 5,579 0 0 0 3,039 1,075 0 0 1,467 4,556 0 0 0 0 1,455 0 0 492 0 1,178 0 859 0 2,732 0 0 61 2,427 702 1,083 0 3,572 0 0 0 241 14,084 0 1,257 733 98,995 TRAFFIC Disposed by: Guilty Plea 0 1,836 0 0 0 332 879 0 0 97 3,107 0 0 0 0 1,208 0 0 474 0 77 0 161 0 2,471 0 0 44 376 426 632 0 1,747 0 0 0 184 8,878 0 631 41 65,160 Cash Bond 0 2,501 0 0 0 2,606 161 0 0 1,047 91 0 0 0 0 72 0 0 474 0 999 0 864 0 36 0 0 2 1,146 225 217 0 1,045 0 0 0 1 2,546 0 713 606 27,128 Non-Trial 0 329 0 0 0 101 35 0 0 169 495 0 0 0 0 175 0 0 18 0 27 0 34 0 49 0 0 5 86 48 50 0 526 0 0 0 1 2,259 0 73 73 8,311 Bench Trial Acquitted Convicted 0 0 14 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 10 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 17 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 175 668 Total Filed Disposed 0 0 5,579 4,704 0 0 0 0 0 0 3,127 3,167 1,075 1,075 0 0 0 0 1,528 1,363 4,757 3,810 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,455 1,455 0 0 0 0 492 966 0 0 1,254 1,170 0 0 859 1,059 0 0 2,766 2,652 0 0 10 12 71 58 2,427 1,608 711 711 1,289 1,086 0 0 3,702 3,544 0 0 0 0 0 0 241 186 14,084 13,683 0 0 1,280 1,456 783 770 101,505 103,782 48 of 92 counties reported. (52%) 1Reported one quarter. 2Reported two quarters. 3Reported three quarters. 4Reported four quarters. January 2002 -- AOC Research Review -- 31 County Filed Appling4 2,670 Atkinson* * Bacon3 576 Baker3 57 Baldwin3 1,910 Banks4 257 Barrow4 888 Bartow4 1,575 Ben Hill3 1,007 Berrien4 533 Bibb4 8,810 Bleckley4 694 Brantley2 290 Brooks4 550 Bryan4 482 Bulloch* * Burke4 808 Butts* * Calhoun* * Camden4 958 Candler1 162 Carroll2 1,199 Catoosa4 804 Charlton4 371 Chatham4 8,261 Chattahoochee4 65 Chattooga4 519 Cherokee4 1,591 Clarke4 1,724 Clay3 49 Clayton3 2,988 Clinch4 291 Cobb4 5,179 Coffee4 1,896 Colquitt3 1,188 Columbia* * Cook3 425 Coweta4 1,490 Crawford4 329 Crisp4 1,431 Dade4 265 Dawson4 283 Decatur4 876 DeKalb4 5,621 Dodge4 942 Dooly* * Dougherty4 4,369 Douglas4 1,294 Early3 368 Echols* * Effingham4 992 Elbert4 519 Emanuel2 704 Evans* * Magistrate Court Civil Caseload for Calendar Year 2000 Claims Cases Disposed by: Non-Trial Trial Dispossessories and Distress Warrants Disposed by: Filed Non-Trial Trial Garnishments Disposed by: Filed Non-Trial Trial Foreclosures and Attachments Disposed by: Filed Non-Trial Trial Total Criminal & Civil Warrants Hearings and and Filings Dispositions 1,768 128 73 67 6 193 193 0 140 110 30 4,418 3,206 * * * * * * * * * * * * * 561 18 83 65 11 163 163 0 15 12 3 1,529 1,102 15 4 12 4 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 129 73 1,306 97 364 263 17 1,096 0 3 78 25 6 6,674 3,107 256 13 86 78 7 74 74 0 23 24 0 1,083 756 746 142 976 876 100 136 136 0 183 183 0 4,998 3,935 1,067 508 1,291 1,054 237 369 362 7 361 348 13 10,756 7,273 958 49 306 295 11 531 526 5 28 16 3 3,543 3,015 338 28 107 80 6 144 65 0 15 12 1 1,829 530 7,072 567 1,588 1,510 243 2,986 2,665 26 164 66 19 21,787 18,891 454 29 42 8 1 186 303 0 176 3 0 2,128 1,770 190 114 31 4 27 61 13 48 26 8 18 1,178 1,157 504 46 78 78 0 81 52 0 3 3 0 1,314 1,027 362 28 114 111 9 95 59 0 27 13 1 1,609 754 * * * * * * * * * * * * * 485 133 141 41 24 307 155 0 64 29 7 2,287 1,124 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 812 146 629 541 88 319 310 9 30 30 0 4,776 3,764 63 11 9 9 0 50 50 0 13 13 0 461 226 1,043 156 477 388 89 183 180 3 39 29 10 4,007 3,133 442 76 817 640 137 165 162 3 25 25 0 6,350 6,931 343 39 66 54 8 99 68 1 74 12 1 1,245 1,019 6,110 920 6,786 1,910 752 4,234 3,290 3 168 67 17 25,565 18,506 24 12 12 3 5 16 15 2 138 137 1 371 395 369 64 219 188 23 129 122 3 39 25 8 2,570 1,619 515 447 1,538 1,069 275 252 200 4 368 287 38 9,400 5,924 583 388 1,787 0 273 875 0 41 162 0 17 12,048 9,606 30 4 10 8 1 6 3 0 1 0 2 141 75 2,624 200 12,512 9,085 147 423 335 0 992 909 4 29,647 22,949 215 76 35 35 0 139 139 0 13 13 0 1,050 703 2,856 707 2,539 2,261 312 637 592 18 3,487 3,037 4 30,176 29,727 1,520 109 365 463 19 1,054 756 4 41 24 13 6,982 6,215 0 111 338 0 19 449 0 0 42 0 22 3,598 683 * * * * * * * * * * * * * 350 75 116 54 62 103 103 0 19 15 4 1,745 829 818 207 1,096 850 149 285 78 2 81 50 3 7,646 5,040 233 16 55 34 6 45 29 1 22 15 1 831 759 1,076 156 698 461 23 572 400 24 74 47 5 4,766 3,660 105 29 53 10 16 23 4 0 2 1 0 1,051 462 194 37 146 0 0 35 0 0 2 0 0 1,500 815 0 40 209 0 1 394 0 1 21 0 0 3,427 349 1,058 1,303 2,864 0 0 163 0 0 1,558 0 0 31,734 43,094 299 49 30 2 5 238 103 0 8 0 0 3,024 1,046 * * * * * * * * * * * * * 3,503 726 5,275 3,743 927 1,980 1,632 28 284 214 16 19,596 18,406 997 165 2,238 584 117 164 87 1 721 248 6 11,399 5,498 307 61 62 56 15 27 34 13 8 8 1 1,003 506 * * * * * * * * * * * * * 634 93 243 172 57 194 0 0 51 40 8 4,181 1,740 388 77 203 105 5 125 59 4 37 21 0 2,620 1,129 635 40 82 63 19 224 90 0 0 0 0 1,662 1,246 * * * * * * * * * * * * * 32 -- AOC Research Review -- January 2002 County Filed Fannin4 408 Fayette4 631 Floyd4 2,345 Forsyth3 567 Franklin4 632 Fulton4 8,054 Gilmer4 600 Glascock* * Glynn2 1,330 Gordon4 1,182 Grady4 1,535 Greene3 381 Gwinnett4 5,660 Habersham* * Hall4 2,401 Hancock4 526 Haralson4 482 Harris4 425 Hart4 697 Heard2 133 Henry4 3,587 Houston4 2,122 Irwin4 520 Jackson4 826 Jasper1 78 Jeff Davis4 995 Jefferson4 930 Jenkins4 491 Johnson3 234 Jones3 467 Lamar2 198 Lanier1 50 Laurens4 1,688 Lee4 648 Liberty1 434 Lincoln4 145 Long4 248 Lowndes4 2,025 Lumpkin4 419 Macon2 358 Madison3 364 Marion* * McDuffie4 632 McIntosh3 254 Meriwether* * Miller* * Mitchell1 389 Monroe4 986 Montgomery* * Morgan3 391 Murray2 690 Muscogee1 1,202 Newton4 1,376 Oconee* * Magistrate Court Civil Caseload for Calendar Year 2000 Claims Cases Disposed by: Non-Trial Trial Dispossessories and Distress Warrants Disposed by: Filed Non-Trial Trial Garnishments Disposed by: Filed Non-Trial Trial Foreclosures and Attachments Disposed by: Filed Non-Trial Trial Total Criminal & Civil Warrants Hearings and and Filings Dispositions 318 74 66 46 19 34 30 1 29 26 3 1,713 991 535 114 612 447 45 153 135 0 215 0 0 3,843 3,483 1,588 133 1,999 1,903 79 748 612 17 62 15 7 11,014 10,271 33 346 326 21 321 98 18 1 0 15 15 2,392 2,488 402 51 178 104 18 146 68 2 96 14 0 2,289 1,512 0 3,027 43,091 0 12,651 0 0 0 0 0 0 121,002 76,076 445 43 188 138 34 84 66 0 7 6 0 3,279 1,378 * * * * * * * * * * * * * 1,021 304 740 124 616 653 636 17 72 60 12 6,233 4,524 937 195 615 539 147 377 375 5 92 69 15 5,969 3,600 1,207 61 200 58 8 271 255 0 20 8 2 3,863 2,697 209 23 61 33 4 164 112 8 14 8 3 1,350 1,175 2,349 3,244 11,827 8,714 2,021 1,305 1,066 14 1,800 1,657 121 35,654 28,332 * * * * * * * * * * * * * 1,809 796 1,406 1,305 345 658 174 50 149 135 12 10,835 17,289 354 172 13 13 0 160 160 0 50 50 0 1,058 980 202 75 277 148 73 60 28 0 6 2 1 2,130 1,004 170 110 80 50 26 170 54 0 5 4 0 1,651 1,099 618 79 218 202 16 149 143 6 19 18 1 1,987 1,763 71 19 24 12 6 21 3 0 4 3 3 552 238 2,565 444 4,161 1,375 164 588 75 3 499 5 0 14,763 15,291 1,977 521 1,525 1,410 203 849 695 22 174 177 13 11,384 10,000 400 120 91 80 11 158 158 0 25 24 1 1,091 1,057 672 274 607 453 32 154 171 1 383 190 133 4,412 3,063 69 9 25 5 20 26 26 0 9 1 8 253 241 816 179 75 66 9 370 363 7 41 36 5 2,481 2,213 845 85 87 87 0 292 292 0 119 119 0 2,776 2,417 248 41 17 12 5 167 100 0 11 10 1 1,110 507 97 30 39 8 5 80 17 0 16 5 2 818 274 320 66 114 84 24 137 66 0 6 1 0 1,559 700 177 21 97 86 11 84 0 0 4 0 1 828 660 42 8 10 10 0 8 8 0 7 7 0 161 102 1,108 332 531 475 56 659 648 11 82 63 19 8,084 7,003 472 176 326 241 85 165 68 4 130 79 0 2,609 2,586 296 56 229 97 20 91 37 0 70 57 40 1,858 1,064 104 38 16 1 15 36 36 0 1 0 1 812 584 25 18 106 0 3 16 0 0 18 0 0 943 209 1,390 174 1,959 823 55 772 485 2 197 197 0 13,778 8,437 0 0 235 0 0 61 0 0 2 0 0 1,743 691 428 26 60 146 5 99 156 0 29 52 1 888 925 182 66 125 52 51 32 26 2 33 25 7 2,043 1,710 * * * * * * * * * * * * * 546 68 438 416 22 280 203 77 0 0 0 2,225 1,436 161 35 33 33 0 60 60 0 9 9 0 822 674 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 69 42 64 1 1 227 0 0 11 0 1 974 192 592 114 153 145 8 300 238 62 18 18 0 2,578 1,980 * * * * * * * * * * * * * 221 55 91 71 25 189 57 2 15 11 1 1,272 1,101 0 60 330 0 42 148 0 0 22 0 0 2,491 871 326 35 47 19 0 117 4 0 164 90 0 1,530 474 906 95 913 581 128 398 254 4 52 20 2 8,218 4,128 * * * * * * * * * * * * * January 2002 -- AOC Research Review -- 33 County Filed Oglethorpe4 318 Paulding4 939 Peach4 745 Pickens4 467 Pierce3 432 Pike3 177 Polk1 659 Pulaski4 412 Putnam4 735 Quitman* * Rabun4 651 Randolph4 473 Richmond4 5,212 Rockdale4 1,224 Schley2 97 Screven* * Seminole3 243 Spalding4 1,237 Stephens1 207 Stewart* * Sumter4 1,835 Talbot1 42 Taliaferro* * Tattnall4 916 Taylor4 255 Telfair1 303 Terrell4 357 Thomas4 3,241 Tift3 1,474 Toombs3 1,136 Towns4 107 Treutlen2 145 Troup4 2,762 Turner2 304 Twiggs3 235 Union4 310 Upson4 1,169 Walker4 1,114 Walton1 251 Ware4 987 Warren4 171 Washington4 1,150 Wayne2 466 Webster* * Wheeler8 * White3 366 Whitfield4 2,960 Wilcox* * Wilkes4 274 Wilkinson4 416 Worth* * Total 155,970 Magistrate Court Civil Caseload for Calendar Year 2000 Claims Cases Disposed by: Non-Trial Trial Dispossessories and Distress Warrants Disposed by: Filed Non-Trial Trial Garnishments Disposed by: Filed Non-Trial Trial Foreclosures and Attachments Disposed by: Filed Non-Trial Trial Total Criminal & Civil Warrants Hearings and and Filings Dispositions 320 51 43 23 16 26 22 0 18 6 5 1,137 1,161 541 92 654 607 45 94 92 2 43 40 3 4,351 1,915 479 94 193 96 67 355 207 3 57 35 6 2,023 2,220 325 66 206 171 34 65 0 0 28 20 0 1,945 1,237 87 2 106 29 2 116 16 0 36 11 0 1,359 421 127 38 46 28 7 29 29 0 10 5 3 597 435 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 866 200 279 45 53 47 0 127 89 0 21 17 0 1,104 771 674 61 173 159 14 482 481 1 37 37 0 2,459 1,644 * * * * * * * * * * * * * 456 172 63 11 15 148 73 0 15 0 6 1,064 892 329 11 35 34 1 106 106 0 3 3 0 1,013 821 3,517 1,194 4,675 3,416 488 1,540 989 7 141 5 3 32,727 15,529 719 247 1,626 1,224 428 269 223 2 36 9 18 7,841 6,999 78 16 7 6 0 21 9 0 5 5 1 183 196 * * * * * * * * * * * * * 112 101 36 32 4 27 27 0 3 3 0 508 510 877 288 3,506 2,761 384 422 237 3 179 85 24 13,503 10,081 118 8 38 15 2 12 4 0 8 4 0 882 320 * * * * * * * * * * * * * 1,788 109 512 399 19 575 401 0 68 59 0 5,318 4,978 41 1 10 10 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 63 62 * * * * * * * * * * * * * 141 187 46 0 18 125 92 0 46 0 16 2,275 900 225 30 48 47 1 53 53 0 15 15 3 770 493 182 7 39 13 0 95 55 0 15 10 0 564 447 0 0 52 0 0 97 0 0 19 0 0 1,251 595 2,396 199 524 34 192 679 0 2 0 0 0 8,545 5,420 1,369 105 646 604 42 860 318 0 73 21 52 5,042 3,795 562 88 368 238 18 459 0 1 73 36 7 5,762 3,520 91 6 27 21 3 12 10 0 1 1 0 498 189 130 0 19 13 0 19 19 0 12 6 0 470 191 1,458 364 1,736 1,489 158 1,126 850 9 238 194 7 10,411 6,938 206 41 40 40 0 61 50 0 27 27 0 611 426 70 15 64 29 11 38 15 0 9 5 1 743 457 173 79 66 33 27 43 0 0 4 2 1 1,354 704 737 174 335 284 28 364 437 2 20 12 4 3,545 2,975 549 119 914 426 133 200 76 0 49 45 4 5,082 2,490 181 38 409 373 63 59 43 1 41 30 7 1,803 1,297 1,211 66 443 522 43 522 713 7 155 64 1 6,752 5,098 128 2 68 28 0 89 35 0 2 0 0 491 196 1,149 70 94 72 2 508 347 0 56 6 1 3,744 2,606 8 109 85 26 10 189 0 0 17 0 2 1,830 506 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 251 29 198 168 27 43 42 1 12 4 0 1,690 1,507 2,480 420 1,090 928 154 1,992 1,969 23 52 47 5 9,551 8,786 * * * * * * * * * * * * * 112 58 35 13 0 144 105 0 9 7 0 774 423 410 6 16 14 2 113 113 0 7 7 0 860 603 * * * * * * * * * * * * * 96,636 25,306 140,570 62,439 24,136 44,148 30,137 636 16,272 10,288 893 764,513 574,218 Notes: 136 of 159 counties reported data *no report 1Reported one quarter. 2Reported two quarters. 3Reported three quarters. 4Reported four quarters. +Figures are for Civil and Magistrate Court combined. Clayton -- Additional information provided: Petitions filed - Abandoned Motor Vehicles 457 DeKalb -- Additional information provided: Petitions filed - Abandoned Motor Vehicles 1,209 34 -- AOC Research Review -- January 2002 Magistrate Court Criminal Caseload for Calendar Year 2000 County Appling4 Atkinson* Bacon3 Baker3 Baldwin3 Banks4 Barrow4 Bartowa4 Ben Hill3 Berrien4 Bibb4 Bleckley4 Brantley3 Brooks4 Bryan4 Bulloch* Burke4 Butts* Calhoun* Camden4 Candler1 Carroll2 Catoosa4 Charlton4 Chatham4 Chattahoochee4 Chattooga4 Cherokee4 Clarke4 Clay3 Clayton3 Clinch4 Cobb4 Coffee4 Colquitt3 Columbia* Cook3 Coweta4 Crawford4 Crisp4 Dade4 Dawson4 Decatur4 DeKalb4 Dodge4 Dooly* Dougherty4 Douglas4 Early3 Echols* Effingham4 Elbert4 Emanuel2 Evans* Felony Arrest 388 * 299 28 645 313 1,034 5,073 522 339 2,605 240 218 253 286 * 317 * * 855 53 627 1,257 330 848 41 380 1,815 1,896 56 3,735 175 6,962 752 576 * 434 1,736 83 655 227 328 349 8,802 415 * 1,727 2,930 244 * 544 511 228 * Warrants Issued Misdemeanor Arrest Good Behavior 382 * 207 24 930 294 1,495 0 708 660 2,477 204 120 340 583 * 628 * * 860 80 680 2,225 116 2,782 75 746 3,236 3,344 18 7,387 175 7,228 805 961 * 506 1,251 144 438 249 677 868 11,124 1,071 * 3,954 3,832 223 * 963 1,185 131 * 109 * 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 9 46 0 14 0 0 * 0 * * 0 3 6 10 12 1,235 3 46 0 140 0 0 2 0 1 0 * 71 8 6 26 4 0 7 0 0 * 16 0 0 * 0 2 0 * Search Warrant 26 0 12 1 62 23 64 100 7 22 468 14 10 9 10 0 22 0 0 36 6 25 39 16 0 6 27 171 157 1 179 9 555 21 43 0 7 94 14 21 10 27 27 629 5 0 179 60 12 0 43 36 16 0 Warrant Application 111 * 6 0 0 9 35 45 28 0 170 0 0 0 0 * 0 * * 9 32 0 1,466 10 0 8 0 163 328 0 0 0 882 0 0 * 45 28 60 12 0 0 0 0 0 * 228 22 0 * 31 30 20 * Hearings First Appearance/Bond Commitment 280 * 137 43 0 244 1,294 1,339 875 0 3,494 413 319 334 159 * 250 * * 730 40 458 977 342 0 85 345 2,479 5,967 13 4,220 0 12,117 1,214 526 * 50 1,249 224 805 88 477 300 21,682 0 * 5,171 3,118 10 * 333 409 198 * 117 * 3 0 25 35 201 98 0 0 1,129 0 31 10 0 * 0 * * 0 0 0 2,003 1 2,118 85 133 18 390 14 3,993 12 4,449 46 5 * 0 145 2 2 88 107 0 18,409 0 * 443 0 1 * 0 28 8 * Good Behavior 14 * 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 49 0 14 0 0 * 0 * * 0 3 6 10 0 1,311 3 46 0 62 0 0 2 0 0 0 * 7 8 8 22 3 0 7 0 0 * 18 0 0 * 0 1 0 * Filed 9 * 0 0 516 13 215 627 2 0 0 0 111 0 12 * 0 * * 27 5 271 262 51 0 9 0 429 0 0 942 0 1,671 717 1 * 0 201 0 41 2 2 438 291 0 * 46 160 0 * 402 2 69 * January 2002 -- AOC Research Review -- 35 Magistrate Court Criminal Caseload for Calendar Year 2000 Ordinance Violations Disposed by: Non-Trial Trial 1 8 * 0 19 4 0 0 519 2 15 1 58 157 270 565 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 57 54 0 0 7 5 * 0 0 0 * 0 * 0 0 27 2 3 189 82 238 6 48 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 260 169 0 0 0 0 753 127 0 0 1,448 28 552 165 0 0 * 0 0 0 84 113 0 0 35 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 135 0 0 * 0 6 16 143 10 0 0 * 0 247 125 0 2 58 11 * 0 Filed 428 0 174 3 1,073 0 0 1,360 432 0 2,643 572 297 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,062 80 500 746 110 1,251 6 465 0 1,963 0 489 211 1,918 1,330 0 0 64 1,404 133 810 216 0 238 682 315 0 1,766 0 59 0 749 0 208 0 Misdemeanors Disposed by: Non-Trial Trial 166 207 0 0 100 0 6 0 835 9 0 0 0 0 949 411 206 41 0 0 1,881 0 259 300 186 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 829 233 0 0 306 194 744 2 92 0 1,939 69 9 2 166 127 0 0 1,541 16 0 0 550 2 211 0 1,016 0 892 438 0 0 0 0 64 0 712 544 88 42 578 12 117 0 0 0 0 0 0 507 201 387 0 0 1,735 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 103 1 0 0 County Appling4 Atkinson* Bacon3 Baker3 Baldwin3 Banks4 Barrow4 Bartow4 Ben Hill3 Berrien4 Bibb4 Bleckley4 Brantley3 Brooks4 Bryan4 Bulloch* Burke4 Butts* Calhoun* Camden4 Candler1 Carroll2 Catoosa4 Charlton4 Chatham4 Chattahoochee4 Chattooga4 Cherokee4 Clarke4 Clay3 Clayton3 Clinch4 Cobb4 Coffee4 Colquitt3 Columbia* Cook3 Coweta4 Crawford4 Crisp4 Dade4 Dawson4 Decatur4 DeKalb4 Dodge4 Dooly* Dougherty4 Douglas4 Early3 Echols* Effingham4 Elbert4 Emanuel2 Evans* 36 -- AOC Research Review -- January 2002 County Fannin4 Fayette4 Floyd4 Forsyth3 Franklin4 Futlona4 Gilmer4 Glascock* Glynn2 Gordon4 Grady4 Greene3 Gwinnett4 Habersham* Hall4 Hancock4 Haralson4 Harris4 Hart4 Heard2 Henry4 Houston4 Irwin4 Jackson4 Jasper1 Jeff Davis4 Jefferson4 Jenkins4 Johnson3 Jones4 Lamar2 Lanier1 Laurens4 Lee4 Liberty1 Lincoln4 Long4 Lowndes4 Lumpkin4 Macon2 Madison3 Marion* McDuffie4 McIntosh3 Meriwether* Miller* Mitchell1 Monroe4 Montgomery* Morgan3 Murray2 Muscogee* Newton4 Oconee* Magistrate Court Criminal Caseload for Calendar Year 2000 Felony Arrest 398 780 718 513 460 13,427 564 * 794 858 363 373 5,832 * 1,720 71 512 207 430 171 1,571 2,208 140 914 38 286 418 181 152 321 190 21 1,487 246 436 194 158 2,553 291 113 398 * 299 229 * * 84 259 * 208 269 * 1,289 * Warrants Issued Misdemeanor Arrest Good Behavior 323 0 716 0 1,203 2 660 0 160 0 0 0 524 2 * * 1,528 176 1,900 0 658 0 283 42 7,407 0 * * 1,872 2 148 35 353 99 554 30 190 0 140 1 2,417 0 3,934 0 104 0 1,469 0 33 0 392 15 268 0 191 0 158 31 483 13 106 3 47 2 1,839 0 313 18 586 0 221 32 193 5 4,254 0 425 13 225 2 629 6 * * 290 0 204 4 * * * * 191 0 394 42 * * 179 15 585 3 0 0 2,876 0 * * Search Warrant 13 41 130 45 8 273 40 0 34 29 8 10 275 0 163 0 22 2 49 8 27 114 13 49 0 14 7 6 3 18 11 1 96 17 6 5 6 115 23 2 12 * 6 18 * * 8 33 0 4 29 0 13 0 Warrant Application 19 97 552 176 14 0 14 * 0 51 0 0 0 * 349 0 90 18 64 0 317 276 41 55 14 115 18 6 9 56 0 12 180 0 0 37 5 2 0 0 50 * 4 0 * * 6 26 * 11 0 0 286 * Hearings First Appearance/Bond Commitment 168 1,222 1,836 1,344 389 27,525 325 * 289 450 449 509 4,934 * 8,735 53 176 228 311 78 4,436 2,697 180 868 45 314 316 50 29 50 296 0 2,402 508 0 195 158 5,122 576 111 575 * 14 338 * * 72 308 * 258 342 0 479 * 12 190 76 15 41 0 20 * 344 13 0 231 3,438 * 1,595 88 0 256 130 1 4,196 31 2 209 0 0 0 0 3 20 0 0 7 115 458 5 0 30 43 0 353 * 0 24 * * 0 55 * 265 11 0 400 * Good Behavior 0 0 664 0 0 0 4 * 119 0 0 26 0 * 2 35 51 27 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 4 13 0 0 0 116 0 15 0 0 13 0 5 * 0 3 * * 0 9 * 9 1 0 0 * Filed 21 0 1,994 183 0 44,292 0 * 102 270 569 0 0 * 690 0 87 73 52 27 976 314 40 10 1 0 351 34 30 0 0 15 483 398 6 2 0 105 4 0 69 * 98 0 * * 0 131 * 52 117 0 230 * January 2002 -- AOC Research Review -- 37 Magistrate Court Criminal Caseload for Calendar Year 2000 Ordinance Violations Disposed by: Non-Trial Trial 21 0 1,201 1 0 0 0 * 10 178 448 0 0 * 508 0 34 49 37 4 555 203 5 0 1 0 0 20 14 0 0 12 204 26 3 1 0 15 2 0 33 * 74 0 * * 0 114 * 39 109 0 145 * 0 0 184 182 0 29,353 0 0 168 111 56 0 0 0 192 0 41 14 15 16 201 0 35 5 0 0 351 14 9 0 0 3 279 391 0 1 0 90 2 0 29 * 12 0 * * 0 29 0 11 8 0 76 0 Filed 421 695 1,813 0 609 11,865 1,270 0 804 646 239 22 1,548 0 1,774 55 232 105 183 23 937 144 0 0 43 293 304 12 75 0 135 0 1,219 348 0 160 193 1,798 270 0 375 * 182 11 * * 0 262 0 128 298 0 1,071 0 Misdemeanors Disposed by: Non-Trial Trial 254 698 1,208 0 360 0 283 0 726 451 130 9 722 0 998 31 56 68 103 12 955 1,749 0 0 43 105 0 0 40 0 68 0 935 161 0 93 0 5 55 0 138 * 0 11 * * 0 260 0 65 298 0 694 0 0 0 196 0 49 3,520 0 0 78 64 15 0 52 0 284 24 27 25 20 8 0 26 0 0 0 188 304 0 2 0 0 0 284 144 0 42 0 47 0 0 116 * 0 0 * * 0 2 0 0 0 0 58 0 County Fannin4 Fayette4 Floyd4 Forsyth3 Franklin4 Fultona4 Gilmer4 Glascock* Glynn2 Gordon4 Grady4 Greene3 Gwinnett4 Habersham* Hall4 Hancock4 Haralson4 Harris4 Hart4 Heard2 Henry4 Houston4 Irwin4 Jackson4 Jasper1 Jeff Davis4 Jefferson4 Jenkins4 Johnson3 Jones4 Lamar2 Lanier1 Laurens4 Lee4 Liberty1 Lincoln4 Long4 Lowndes4 Lumpkin4 Macon2 Madison3 Marion* McDuffie4 McIntosh3 Meriwether* Miller* Mitchell1 Monroe4 Montgomery* Morgan3 Murray2 Muscogee* Newton4 Oconee* 38 -- AOC Research Review -- January 2002 Magistrate Court Criminal Caseload for Calendar Year 2000 County Oglethorpe4 Paulding4 Peach4 Pickens4 Pierce3 Pike3 Polk1 Pulaski4 Putnam4 Quitman* Rabun* Randolph4 Richmondb4 Rockdale4 Schley2 Screven* Seminole2 Spalding4 Stewart* Sumter4 Talbot1 Taliaferro* Tatnall4 Taylor4 Telfair1 Terrell4 Thomas4 Tift3 Toombs3 Towns4 Treutlen2 Troup4 Turner2 Twiggs3 Union4 Upson4 Walker4 Walton1 Ware4 Warren4 Washington4 Wayne2 Webster* Wheeler* White3 Whitfield4 Wilcox* Wilkes4 Wilkinson4 Worth* Total Felony Arrest 152 761 19 299 135 102 * 202 387 * * 155 3,822 1,077 11 * 64 1,879 * 710 12 * 415 101 59 181 792 770 436 157 52 1,793 28 157 280 519 953 291 1,133 18 424 268 * * 378 1,083 * 119 116 * 115,759 Warrants Issued Misdemeanor Arrest Good Behavior 171 1,164 40 386 429 180 135 281 617 * 0 101 12,783 1,798 32 * 32 4,524 * 1,560 3 * 187 232 39 322 1,291 695 2,045 184 161 1,782 138 132 389 399 1,633 468 1,621 108 1,129 502 * * 261 1,249 * 116 180 * 147,932 22 0 18 0 6 13 0 0 3 * 0 1 0 41 0 * 0 71 * 0 1 * 0 56 7 0 4 0 11 4 16 0 0 24 0 40 26 29 66 0 0 0 * * 38 36 * 0 0 * 2,909 Search Warrant 4 35 45 28 3 11 6 8 9 * 0 26 54 32 0 0 0 87 0 41 0 0 15 10 7 13 122 39 34 6 0 74 13 7 5 10 37 4 39 5 20 0 0 0 8 58 0 13 11 0 6,077 Warrant Application 21 10 23 7 37 2 100 48 7 * 0 0 338 93 7 * 20 65 * 8 3 * 28 17 0 0 113 0 123 0 0 56 15 78 0 34 126 43 0 3 17 200 * * 0 0 * 0 0 * 8,390 Hearings First Appearance/Bond Commitment 208 220 399 317 176 147 100 246 187 * 0 307 1,525 1,813 32 * 108 2,514 * 2,178 2 * 418 32 59 406 1,380 798 1,254 54 0 1,586 47 122 133 596 646 182 1,402 0 594 45 * * 558 1,686 * 119 50 * 165,218 92 16 37 0 2 14 0 0 3 * 0 0 647 528 32 * 0 1,498 * 0 0 * 0 12 0 0 0 1 51 3 0 565 0 51 1 84 305 83 41 0 3 0 * * 224 7 * 0 0 * 51,132 Good Behavior 19 0 17 0 6 9 0 0 4 * 0 1 0 181 0 * 0 72 * 0 0 * 0 58 1 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 14 0 6 8 11 57 0 0 0 * * 52 36 * 0 0 * 3,287 January 2002 -- AOC Research Review -- 39 Filed 241 138 6 0 6 0 66 0 16 * 81 0 4,279 467 10 * 27 341 * 17 1 * 0 0 0 2 8 5 0 0 0 101 0 0 2 290 46 74 34 0 0 0 * * 2 413 * 9 1 * 66,053 Magistrate Court Criminal Caseload for Calendar Year 2000 Ordinance Violations Disposed by: Non-Trial Trial 35 138 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 * 33 0 2,859 271 2 * 21 1 * 0 1 * 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 47 0 0 0 197 23 61 16 0 0 0 * * 2 312 * 9 0 * 13,114 217 0 7 0 5 0 0 0 14 0 46 0 465 180 8 * 6 273 * 17 0 * 0 0 0 1 4 5 0 0 0 58 0 0 0 67 16 29 6 0 0 0 * * 1 101 * 0 1 * 35,222 Filed 142 523 545 466 90 29 0 0 0 0 106 113 221 1,271 0 * 76 1,257 * 0 0 * 525 0 0 208 1,884 480 1,200 0 46 799 0 77 255 399 110 177 1,752 30 363 303 * * 384 618 * 55 0 * 68,823 Misdemeanors Disposed by: Non-Trial Trial 63 109 675 6 47 22 0 0 0 0 43 29 74 920 0 * 76 452 * 0 0 * 0 0 120 0 869 480 1,041 0 23 97 0 46 247 307 14 131 678 0 230 76 * * 136 613 * 0 0 * 36,328 63 0 75 297 0 4 0 0 0 0 37 0 2 143 0 * 0 547 * 0 0 * 0 0 0 188 226 0 99 0 0 0 0 0 8 6 0 21 271 0 115 30 * * 12 5 * 0 0 * 11,056 County Oglethorpe4 Paulding4 Peach4 Pickens4 Pierce3 Pike3 Polk1 Pulaski4 Putnam4 Quitman* Rabun* Randolph4 Richmondb4 Rockdale4 Schley2 Screven* Seminole2 Spalding4 Stewart* Sumter4 Talbot1 Taliaferro* Tatnall4 Taylor4 Telfair1 Terrell4 Thomas4 Tift3 Toombs3 Towns4 Treutlen2 Troup4 Turner2 Twiggs3 Union4 Upson4 Walker4 Walton1 Ware4 Warren4 Washington4 Wayne2 Webster* Wheeler* White3 Whitfield4 Wilcox* Wilkes4 Wilkinson4 Worth* Total RESEARCH REVIEW Administrative Office of the Courts 244 Washington Street, S.W., Suite 300 Atlanta, GA 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