O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A. § 15-12-130 (2019)
When prospective jurors selected for service in superior courts may serve in other courts with concurrent jurisdiction
✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
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Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 2011, p. 59, § 1-50/HB 415, effective July 1, 2012.
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Editor’s notes. - This Code section was based on Ga. L. 1967, p. 747, §§ 1, 2; Ga. L. 2011, p. 59, § 1-50/HB 415, and
was repealed on its own terms, effective July 1, 2012.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7
cases, 1986–2004 · leading case: George v. State, 505 S.E.2d 743 (Ga. 1998).
George v. State, 505 S.E.2d 743 (Ga. 1998). “Because the plain language of OCGA § 15-12-130 provides that jurors summoned to serve in superior court are only qualified to serve in state court if the requirements of § 15-12- *864 130 (b) are satisfied, we hold that a demand for speedy trial is not effective during a term…”
Cown v. State, 576 S.E.2d 20 (Ga. Ct. App. 2002). “Because Cown failed to show that jurors were impaneled and qualified to try his case in the State Court of Gwinnett County as required by OCGA § 15-12-130 (b), we affirm. OCGA § 17-7-170 (b) provides that if a person who files a speedy trial demand “is not tried when the demand…”
State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. Yancey, 371 S.E.2d 883 (Ga. Ct. App. 1988). “State Farm contends that although OCGA § 15-12-130 allows for jurors selected for service in the superior court to serve in another court with concurrent jurisdiction, no statutory provision exists for jurors selected for service in the state court to serve in the superior court.”
Scott v. State, 424 S.E.2d 325 (Ga. Ct. App. 1992). “OCGA § 15-12-130 (a) provides: “In any county of this state where there is located any court or courts having county-wide jurisdiction concurrent with the superior courts of this state to try any, all, or any type of case not within the exclusive jurisdiction of the superior…”
Dean v. State, 340 S.E.2d 647 (Ga. Ct. App. 1986). “OCGA § 15-12-130 (a) provides: “In any county of this state where there is located any court or courts having county-wide jurisdiction concurrent with the superior courts of this state to try any, all, or any type of case not within the exclusive jurisdiction of the superior…”
State v. Shields, 594 S.E.2d 692 (Ga. Ct. App. 2004). “at 9 , we considered the provision of OCGA § 15-12-130 (a) that superior court jurors are qualified to serve in state court.”
George v. State, 494 S.E.2d 526 (Ga. Ct. App. 1997). “However, relying upon OCGA § 15-12-130 (a) and Scott v. State, 206 Ga.”
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