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This is a list of past and present judges of the Supreme Court of Virginia.The court's name was the Supreme Court of Appeals until it was changed in 1971. [1] Members were titled Judge until a 1928 constitutional amendment changed the title to Justice and designated the presiding member Chief Justice.
The Judiciary of Virginia is defined under the Constitution and law of Virginia and is composed of the Supreme Court of Virginia and subordinate courts, including the Court of Appeals, the Circuit Courts, and the General District Courts. Its administration is headed by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, the Judicial Council, the Committee ...
First African American male (Virginia Court of Appeals): James W. Benton in 1984 [8] First Native American male: Charles Riley Cloud in 1986 [18] First African American male (Chief Justice; Virginia Supreme Court): Leroy R. Hassell Sr. (1980) in 2003 [19] First Asian American male (Vietnamese descent): John M. Tran (1984) in 2013 [20] [21]
Courts of Virginia include: State courts of Virginia. Supreme Court of Virginia [1] Court of Appeals of Virginia [2] Virginia Circuit Court (120 courts divided among 31 judicial circuits) [3] Virginia General District Court (courts in 32 districts) [4] Virginia Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court (courts in 32 districts) [5]
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 ...
A judicial magistrate of first class (also known as judicial first class magistrate) can sentence a person to jail for up to three years and impose a fine of up to ₹ 10,000 (US$120). Executive magistrates
The court reporter and his staff assist with editing opinion drafts and supervise the compilation, indexing, printing, and publication of the written opinions of the court in the Virginia Reports. [19] The State Law Librarian supervises the State Law Library for the use of the court, judges and judicial staff, state officials, and attorneys. [20]
The distinction between first- and second-class cities was ended with the Virginia Constitution of 1971. [6] But cities that were classified as second-class cities at the time of the adoption of the 1971 Virginia Constitution were authorized to continue sharing their court system and three constitutional officers with the adjacent county. [6]