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O.C.G.A. § 15-1-13 (2019)

Prior removal from judicial office as affecting qualification for judicial office

✓ O.C.G.A.: 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.
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(a) In addition to any other qualification for judicial office, if a person has been removed from any judicial office upon order of the Supreme Court after review, that person shall not be eligible to be elected or appointed to any judicial office in this state until seven years have elapsed from the time of such removal.

(b) This Code section shall not apply with respect to any removal from office in which the order of the Supreme Court was entered prior to April 9, 1996.

History

Code 1981, § 15-1-13, enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 747, § 1.

Annotations

Code Commission notes. - Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1996, ‘‘April 9, 1996’’ was substituted for ‘‘the effective date of this Code section’’ at the end of subsection (b).

Both Ga. L. 1996, p. 747 and Ga. L. 1996, p. 748 enacted a Code Section

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 1987–2024 · leading case: Inquiry Concerning Judge Christian Coomer, 892 S.E.2d 3 (Ga. 2023).
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Inquiry Concerning Judge Christian Coomer, 892 S.E.2d 3 (Ga. 2023). · cites it 4× “OCGA § 15-1-13. Removed from office. All the Justices concur, except Bethel, J.”
S. Ry. Co. v. Lawson, 353 S.E.2d 491 (Ga. 1987). · cites it 2× “Southern contends the trial court erred in refusing to grant a mistrial based on Ray Lawson’s behavior while he testified.”
Inquiry Concerning Judge Robert M. Crawford, 310 Ga. 403 (Ga. 2020). · cites it 2× “Although this Court in several cases has imposed a lifetime disqualification from judicial office as a sanction for judicial misconduct,9 I find no case in which we have considered or decided 8 In an exercise of its constitutional power to fix additional qualifications for…”
Inquiry Concerning Judge Christina Peterson, 903 S.E.2d 645 (Ga. 2024). · cites it 4× “OCGA § 15-1-13 (a). Removed from office. All the Justices concur, except Colvin, J.”
Kentucky Jud. Conduct Comm'n v. Woods, 25 S.W.3d 470 (Ky. 2000). “); O.C.G.A. § 15-1-13(a) (Georgia statute providing "[i]n addition to any other qualification for judicial office, if a person has been removed from any judicial office upon order of the Supreme Court after review, that person shall not be eligible to be elected or appointed to…”
Inquiry Concerning Judge Gerald Johnson, 892 S.E.2d 1 (Ga. 2023). · cites it 4× “” See OCGA § 15-1-13 (a) (“[I]f a person has been removed from any judicial office upon order of the Supreme Court after review, that person shall not be eligible to be elected or appointed to any judicial office in this state until seven years have elapsed from the time of such…”
15-1-13(a): 1 case
Kentucky Jud. Conduct Comm'n v. Woods, 25 S.W.3d 470 (Ky. 2000). “); O.C.G.A. § 15-1-13(a) (Georgia statute providing "[i]n addition to any other qualification for judicial office, if a person has been removed from any judicial office upon order of the Supreme Court after review, that person shall not be eligible to be elected or appointed to…”
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