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Georgia Superior Courts. The Superior Court is Georgia 's general jurisdiction trial court. It has exclusive, constitutional, authority over felony cases, divorce, equity and cases regarding title to land. The exclusive jurisdiction of this court also covers such matters as declaratory judgments, habeas corpus, mandamus, quo warranto and ...
The Judiciary of Georgia is a branch of the government of the State of Georgia established in Article Six of the Georgia constitution. [1] This Article contains ten Sections which discuss the different courts, their powers and jurisdictions, and the role of the district attorney in Georgia's justice system.
The Supreme Court of Georgia is the highest judicial authority of the U.S. state of Georgia. The court was established in 1845 as a three-member panel, increased in number to six, then to seven in 1945, and finally to nine in 2017. [ 1 ] Since 1896, the justices have been elected by the people of the state.
This is a list of the justices of the Supreme Court of Georgia, the highest judicial authority of the U.S. state of Georgia:
Courts of Georgia include: State courts of Georgia. Supreme Court of Georgia [ 1] Georgia Court of Appeals [ 2] Georgia Superior Courts (49 judicial circuits) [ 3] Georgia State-wide Business Court [ 4] Georgia State Courts [ 5] Georgia Magistrate Courts [ 6] Georgia Juvenile Courts [ 7]
Leah Ward Sears (née Leah Jeanette Sears; [1] born June 13, 1955) is an American jurist and former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia. Sears was the first African-American female chief justice of a state supreme court in the United States. [2] When she was first appointed as justice in 1992 by Governor Zell Miller, she became the first woman and youngest person to sit on Georgia's ...
Georgia Southern University (BA) Mercer University (JD) Michael P. Boggs (born December 28, 1962) is an American lawyer who has served as the chief justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia since 2022. He concurrently serves as an associate justice of the court since 2017. He is a former judge of the Georgia Court of Appeals and a former nominee ...
The courts of the United States are closely linked hierarchical systems of courts at the federal and state levels. The federal courts form the judicial branch of the US government and operate under the authority of the United States Constitution and federal law.