6/17/14 – WELLONS DENIED STAY OF EXECUTION
Atlanta, June 17, 2014 – In a 5-to-2 ruling, the Supreme Court of Georgia has denied a stay of execution for Marcus A. Wellons, who is scheduled to be put to death tonight by lethal injection at the...
View Article6/19/14 – NOTICE TO THE BAR
Atlanta, June 19, 2014 – For the benefit of litigants, beginning July 1st, convenience fees for using credit cards to pay filing costs in both the Supreme Court of Georgia and the Court of Appeals of...
View Article12-09-14 – HOLSEY DENIED STAY OF EXECUTION
Atlanta, December 9, 2014 – In a 5-to-2 ruling, the Supreme Court of Georgia has denied a stay of execution for Robert Wayne Holsey, who is scheduled to be put to death tonight by lethal injection at...
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12-18-14 – GOVERNOR DEAL SWEARS IN SUPREME COURT JUSTICES
On Dec. 18, 2014, Governor Nathan Deal swore in Presiding Justice P. Harris Hines, Justice Robert Benham, and Justice Keith R. Blackwell of the Supreme Court of Georgia. All three justices were...
View Article1/20/15 – HILL DENIED STAY OF EXECUTION
Atlanta, January 20, 2015 – In a 5-to-2 decision, the Supreme Court of Georgia today has denied a stay of execution for Warren Lee Hill, who is scheduled to be put to death next Tuesday, Jan. 27, at...
View Article2/4/15 – STATE OF THE JUDICIARY 2015
Chief Justice Hugh P. Thompson delivered the annual State of the Judiciary address to a joint session of the legislature on Wednesday, Feb. 4. “Each day in Georgia, our judges dispense justice,” the...
View Article5/14/15 – Code of Judicial Conduct Revised
In 2012, the Supreme Court of Georgia established a Study Committee to comprehensively review the Georgia Code of Judicial Conduct and to recommend appropriate revisions. The Study Committee met on...
View Article6/22/15 – COURT HALTS PROCEEDINGS IN TRIAL OF JAMIE DONNELL HOOD
Atlanta, June 22, 2015 – The Supreme Court of Georgia this afternoon issued a temporary stay of proceedings in the death penalty trial of Jamie Donnell Hood so it could consider a number of issues...
View Article6/22/15 – HOOD STAY IN PROCEEDINGS LIFTED
Atlanta, June 22, 2015 – Earlier today the Supreme Court of Georgia issued a temporary stay of the death penalty trial proceedings of Jamie Donnell Hood to consider whether it would grant the State’s...
View Article8/13/15 – CHIEF JUSTICE ELECTED TO NATIONAL BOARD
Atlanta, August 13, 2015 – Chief Justice Hugh P. Thompson has been elected to the Board of Directors of the Conference of Chief Justices, the national organization that represents the highest judicial...
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