Speaking to a joint session of the Georgia General Assembly, Chief Justice Carol W. Hunstein delivered her fourth State of the Judiciary address on February 7, 2013. “Your annual invitation to the Chief Justice to give a candid review of our goals, accomplishments, and challenges ahead is a reflection of the honor and support you have extended to the judicial branch of government,” she began her final State of Judiciary address.
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The Judicial Council Accountability Court Committee continues to serve the growing number of accountability courts, their staff, and their needs. Each year, the Committee and the staff of the Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC) assigned to support this Committee assumes greater responsibility to ensure our state’s accountability courts are moving the indicator forward.
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On January 24, 2013, Judge Carla Wong McMillian was sworn-in as the newest member of the Court of Appeals of Georgia. Gov. Nathan Deal selected Judge McMillian to fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Judge A. Harris Adams who retired on December 31, 2012, after ten years on the Court of Appeals.
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“I’m not smart enough to be homeless.” That’s how Chief Judge Cynthia Wright, Superior Court, Atlanta Judicial Circuit, begins her discussion of her night sleeping on the streets of Atlanta last November.
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