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In Georgia, each county has a chief magistrate, elected by the voters of the county, who has the authority to hold preliminary hearings in criminal cases, conduct bench trials for certain misdemeanor offenses, including deposit account fraud (bad checks), grant bail (except as to very serious felony charges), and preside over a small claims court for cases where the amount in controversy does ...
While assigning attorneys in about 300 cases, the Court of Criminal Appeals tapped some with questionable credentials or little experience. [10] [11] For at least eight Death Row inmates, the court handpicked an attorney who previously had been sanctioned by the State Bar of Texas for misconduct, including one attorney who was still on ...
The state of California in 1999 had around 2.5 million outstanding warrants, with nearly 1 million of them in the Los Angeles area. [24] The city of Baltimore, Maryland had 100,000 as of 2007. [25] New Orleans, Louisiana had 49,000 in 1996. [26] The state of Texas in 2009 had at least 1.7 million outstanding warrants in the Houston area alone. [27]
The Jacksonville State Attorney's Office for the 4th Circuit has the responsibility for prosecuting persons charged with crimes. The position of State Attorney is an elected position and is held by Melissa Nelson (Republican), who was elected in 2016 on a platform of justice reform.
In one of the odd provisions of the Texas Government Code, there is no requirement that a municipal judge be an attorney if the municipal court is not a court of record (Chapter 29, Section 29.004), but the municipal judge must be a licensed attorney with at least two years experience in practicing Texas law if the municipal court is a court of ...
Chatham County Magistrate Court is one of five courts in the state that elects its magistrate judges. There are two full-time judges, Michael H. Barker and Moss, and two part-time judges, Bonzo ...
Districts map. There are fourteen appellate districts each of which encompasses multiple counties and is presided over by a Texas Court of Appeals denominated by number: [19] The counties of Gregg, Rusk, Upshur, and Wood are in the jurisdictions of both the Sixth and Twelfth Courts, while Hunt County is in the jurisdiction of both the Fifth and Sixth Courts.
Jacksonville: 1940 1991–2006 — 2006–present G.H.W. Bush: 20 Senior Judge Anne C. Conway: Orlando: 1950 1991–2015 2008–2015 2015–present G.H.W. Bush: 22 Senior Judge Henry Lee Adams Jr. Jacksonville: 1945 1993–2010 — 2010–present Clinton: 23 Senior Judge Susan C. Bucklew: Tampa: 1942 1993–2008 — 2008–present Clinton: 24 ...