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Call Now: 904-383-7448(Ga. L. 1916, p. 56, § 1; Code 1933, § 24-3501; Ga. L. 1945, p. 232, §§ 1-3; Ga. L. 1960, p. 158, § 1; Ga. L. 1961, p. 140, § 1; Ga. L. 1967, p. 538, § 1; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 15; Ga. L. 1987, p. 291, § 1; Ga. L. 1995, p. 916, § 2; Ga. L. 1996, p. 405, § 1; Ga. L. 1998, p. 513, § 4; Ga. L. 1999, p. 10, § 1; Ga. L. 2015, p. 919, § 1-2/HB 279; Ga. L. 2016, p. 883, § 2-1/HB 927.)
The 2015 amendment substituted "15 Judges" for "12 Judges" near the beginning of subsection (a); and, in subsection (e), substituted "eight" for "seven" in the first and last sentences and substituted "15 Judges" for "12 Judges" in the middle of the last sentence. See editor's note for effective date.
The 2016 amendment, effective July 1, 2016, in subsection (b), deleted the former second sentence, which read: "Two Judges shall constitute a quorum of a division."; rewrote subsection (c); substituted the present provisions of subsection (d) for the former provisions, which read: "How decision overruled. It being among the purposes of this Code section to avoid and reconcile conflicts among the decisions made by less than all of the Judges on the court and to secure more authoritative decisions, it is provided that when two divisions plus a seventh Judge sit as one court the court may, by the concurrence of a majority, overrule any previous decision in the same manner as prescribed for the Supreme Court. As precedent, a decision by such court with a majority concurring shall take precedence over a decision by any division or two divisions plus a seventh Judge. A decision concurred in by all the Judges shall not be overruled or materially modified except with the concurrence of all the Judges."; deleted former subsection (e), which read: "Quorum. When all the members of the court are sitting together as one court, eight Judges shall be necessary to constitute a quorum. In all cases decided by such court as a whole by less than 15 Judges, the concurrence of at least eight shall be essential to the rendition of a judgment."; redesignated former subsections (f) and (g) as present subsections (e) and (f), respectively; and, in subsection (f), deleted "as provided in Code Section 47-23-101" following "court judges" at the end of the first sentence.
- Divisions, Rules of the Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia, Rule 18.
- Ga. L. 2015, p. 919, § 4-1(b), not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: "(b)(1) Part I of this Act shall become effective only if funds are appropriated for purposes of Part I of this Act in an appropriations Act enacted at the 2015 regular session of the General Assembly.
"(2) If funds are so appropriated, then Part I of this Act shall become effective on July 1, 2015, for purposes of making the initial appointments of the Court of Appeals Judges created by Part I of this Act, and for all other purposes, Part I of this Act shall become effective on January 1, 2016.
"(3) If funds are not so appropriated, then Part I of this Act shall not become effective and shall stand repealed on July 1, 2015." Funds were appropriated at the 2015 session of the General Assembly.
Ga. L. 2016, p. 883, § 1-1/HB 927, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: "This Act shall be known and may be cited as the 'Appellate Jurisdiction Reform Act of 2016.'"
- For article, "Eleventh Circuit Survey: January 1, 2013 - December 31, 2013: Special Contribution: Open Chambers: Demystifying the Inner Workings and Culture of the Georgia Court of Appeals," see 65 Emory L. J. 831 (2014). For article, "Division of Labor: The Modernization of the Supreme Court of Georgia and Concomitant Workload Reduction Measures in the Court of Appeals," see 30 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 925 (2014). For article, "Researching Georgia Law," see 34 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 741 (2015). For article, "Annual Survey of Georgia Law: June 1, 2015 - May 31, 2016: Special Contribution: Open Chambers Revisited: Demystifying the Inner Workings and Culture of the Georgia Court of Appeals," see 68 Mercer L. Rev. 1 (2016). For article on the 2016 amendment of this Code section, see 33 Georgia St. U.L. Rev. 205 (2016).
- This section does not violate Ga. Const. 1976, Art. VI, Sec. II, Para. VIII (see now Ga. Const. 1983, Art. VI, Sec. V) on grounds that the General Assembly did not have power to provide for the appointment of additional judges, or power to divide the court into two divisions giving each division power to decide cases independently of the other division, or to assign all criminal cases to one of the divisions. Joseph v. State, 148 Ga. 166, 96 S.E. 229 (1918); Fountain v. State, 149 Ga. 519, 101 S.E. 294 (1919); McCall v. State, 150 Ga. 81, 103 S.E. 428 (1920).
- Trial court's denial of the challenger's petition for a writ of quo warranto was affirmed because the newly created positions on the Georgia Court of Appeals qualified as vacancies under Ga. Const. 1983, Art. VI, Sec, VII, Para. III; thus, the governor had the authority to appoint judges to the vacancies created by amended O.C.G.A. § 15-3-1(a). Clark v. Deal, 298 Ga. 893, 785 S.E.2d 524 (2016).
Under this Code section, the rule of stare decisis applies, which means that older case law must control. Sharpe v. Seaboard Coast Line R.R., 528 F.2d 546 (5th Cir. 1976).
- Since two (now five or six) judges constitute a quorum, the judges may decide cases pending before the judges. Fountain v. State, 149 Ga. 519, 101 S.E. 294 (1919).
- This section requires that full court consider any case in which one of the judges of a division may dissent. Fortson v. Caudell, 74 Ga. App. 276, 39 S.E.2d 579 (1946); Jones v. Cannady, 78 Ga. App. 453, 51 S.E.2d 551 (1949); Irvindale Farms, Inc. v. W.O. Pierce Dairy, Inc., 78 Ga. App. 670, 51 S.E.2d 712 (1949); Hall v. Beavers, 78 Ga. App. 722, 51 S.E.2d 879 (1949); Atlanta & W. Point R.R. v. Gilbert, 82 Ga. App. 244, 60 S.E.2d 787 (1950); Dorsey v. Georgia R.R. Bank & Trust Co., 82 Ga. App. 237, 60 S.E.2d 828 (1950).
- Prior decision of the Court of Appeals was overruled in part by a single division of the Court after consultation with the other nondisqualified judges. Temple v. Hillegass, 344 Ga. App. 454, 810 S.E.2d 625 (2018).
Cited in Gainesville Midland R.R. v. Allen, 72 Ga. App. 736, 35 S.E.2d 12 (1945); Smith v. Swann, 73 Ga. App. 144, 35 S.E.2d 787 (1945); Hicks v. Hicks, 73 Ga. App. 561, 37 S.E.2d 418 (1946); Jacobs v. State, 73 Ga. App. 550, 37 S.E.2d 438 (1946); Commercial Auto Loan Corp. v. Baker, 73 Ga. App. 534, 37 S.E.2d 636 (1946); Southern Ry. v. Brackett, 73 Ga. App. 648, 37 S.E.2d 642 (1946); Progressive Life Ins. Co. v. Archer, 73 Ga. App. 639, 37 S.E.2d 713 (1946); Hoxie v. Americus Auto. Co., 73 Ga. App. 686, 37 S.E.2d 808 (1946); Murphy v. Hunt, 73 Ga. App. 707, 37 S.E.2d 823 (1946); Georgia Power Co. v. Roper, 73 Ga. App. 826, 38 S.E.2d 91 (1946); Murray v. Anderson, 73 Ga. App. 771, 38 S.E.2d 131 (1946); Monroe Motor Express v. Jackson, 74 Ga. App. 148, 38 S.E.2d 863 (1946); American Fid. & Cas. Co. v. Jackson, 74 Ga. App. 159, 38 S.E.2d 871 (1946); Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. v. Milton, 74 Ga. App. 160, 38 S.E.2d 885 (1946); Western & Atl. R.R. v. Gardner, 74 Ga. App. 599, 40 S.E.2d 672 (1946); Martin v. Gurley, 74 Ga. App. 642, 40 S.E.2d 787 (1946); Northern Freight Lines v. Ledford, 75 Ga. App. 508, 43 S.E.2d 757 (1947); Grand Trunk W.R.R. v. Barge, 75 Ga. App. 646, 44 S.E.2d 281 (1947); Jones v. Blackburn, 75 Ga. App. 791, 44 S.E.2d 555 (1947); Phillips v. Sinclair Ref. Co., 76 Ga. App. 34, 44 S.E.2d 671 (1947); Southeastern Newspapers, Inc. v. Walker, 76 Ga. App. 57, 44 S.E.2d 697 (1947); Glens Falls Indem. Co. v. Gottlieb, 76 Ga. App. 70, 44 S.E.2d 706 (1947); Roberson v. State, 76 Ga. App. 25, 44 S.E.2d 924 (1947); Clarke v. Woodward, 76 Ga. App. 181, 45 S.E.2d 473 (1947); Gill v. Skinker, 76 Ga. App. 315, 45 S.E.2d 818 (1947); Auld v. Colonial Stores, Inc., 76 Ga. App. 329, 45 S.E.2d 827 (1947); Dodd v. Callaway, 76 Ga. App. 629, 46 S.E.2d 740 (1948); Jackson v. Moultrie Prod. Credit Ass'n, 76 Ga. App. 768, 47 S.E.2d 127 (1948); First Nat'l Bank v. Southern Cotton Oil Co., 76 Ga. App. 779, 47 S.E.2d 288 (1948); Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. v. Lathan, 77 Ga. App. 6, 47 S.E.2d 596 (1948); Presley v. Presley, 77 Ga. App. 99, 47 S.E.2d 647 (1948); Hughes v. Kistler, 76 Ga. App. 885, 47 S.E.2d 663 (1948); American Mut. Liab. Ins. Co. v. Benford, 77 Ga. App. 93, 47 S.E.2d 673 (1948); Davis v. Fulton Nat'l Bank, 77 Ga. App. 400, 48 S.E.2d 773 (1948); Ivey v. Hall, 77 Ga. App. 350, 48 S.E.2d 788 (1948); Buchanan v. Hieber, 78 Ga. App. 434, 50 S.E.2d 815 (1948); Lyons v. Georgia Power Co., 78 Ga. App. 445, 51 S.E.2d 459 (1949); Walker Elec. Co. v. Sullivan, 79 Ga. App. 13, 52 S.E.2d 477 (1949); Sumter Milling & Peanut Co. v. Singletary, 79 Ga. App. 111, 53 S.E.2d 181 (1949); Kimberly v. Reed, 79 Ga. App. 137, 53 S.E.2d 208 (1949); Stanley v. Amos, 79 Ga. App. 297, 53 S.E.2d 568 (1949); Barton v. State, 79 Ga. App. 380, 53 S.E.2d 707 (1949); Milton Bradley Co. v. Cooper, 79 Ga. App. 302, 53 S.E.2d 761 (1949); Baggett v. Jackson, 79 Ga. App. 460, 54 S.E.2d 146 (1949); Klein v. Maryland Cas. Co., 79 Ga. App. 560, 54 S.E.2d 277 (1949); Grogan v. Herrington, 79 Ga. App. 505, 54 S.E.2d 284 (1949); J.C. Pirkle Mach. Co. v. Lester, 79 Ga. App. 512, 54 S.E.2d 298 (1949); Grimes v. State, 79 Ga. App. 489, 54 S.E.2d 302 (1949); Atlantic Coast Line R.R. v. Brand, 79 Ga. App. 552, 54 S.E.2d 312 (1949); Ford v. S.A. Lynch Corp., 79 Ga. App. 481, 54 S.E.2d 320 (1949); Western & Atl. R.R. v. Burnett, 79 Ga. App. 530, 54 S.E.2d 357 (1949); Whitlock v. Wilson, 79 Ga. App. 747, 54 S.E.2d 474 (1949); Western & Atl. R.R. v. Wright, 79 Ga. App. 733, 54 S.E.2d 655 (1949); Westbrook v. Beusse, 79 Ga. App. 654, 54 S.E.2d 693 (1949); Wallace v. Virginia Sur. Co., 80 Ga. App. 50, 55 S.E.2d 259 (1949); Goforth v. Fidelity & Cas. Co., 80 Ga. App. 121, 55 S.E.2d 656 (1949); City of Griffin v. First Fed. Sav. & Loan Ass'n, 80 Ga. App. 217, 55 S.E.2d 771 (1949); McDowall Transp., Inc. v. Gault, 80 Ga. App. 445, 56 S.E.2d 161 (1949); McDade v. West, 80 Ga. App. 481, 56 S.E.2d 299 (1949); Gaines v. State, 80 Ga. App. 512, 56 S.E.2d 772 (1949); Landers v. Davis, 80 Ga. App. 766, 57 S.E.2d 459 (1950); Owens v. Maddox, 80 Ga. App. 867, 57 S.E.2d 826 (1950); Aetna Cas. & Sur. Co. v. Fulmer, 81 Ga. App. 97, 57 S.E.2d 865 (1950); Hall v. Kendall, 81 Ga. App. 592, 59 S.E.2d 421 (1950); Atlantic Coast Line R.R. v. Dupriest, 81 Ga. App. 773, 59 S.E.2d 767 (1950); Cromer v. Dinkler, 82 Ga. App. 227, 60 S.E.2d 482 (1950); Davis v. Atlanta Gas Light Co., 82 Ga. App. 460, 61 S.E.2d 510 (1950); Sylvania Cent. Ry. v. Gay, 82 Ga. App. 486, 61 S.E.2d 587 (1950); Melton v. Helms, 83 Ga. App. 71, 62 S.E.2d 663 (1950); Carter v. Rich's, Inc., 83 Ga. App. 188, 63 S.E.2d 241 (1951); Register v. Andris, 83 Ga. App. 632, 64 S.E.2d 196 (1951); Chastain v. L. Moss Music Co., 83 Ga. App. 570, 64 S.E.2d 205 (1951); Goodwin v. Allen, 83 Ga. App. 615, 64 S.E.2d 212 (1951); American Mut. Liab. Ins. Co. v. Duncan, 83 Ga. App. 863, 65 S.E.2d 59 (1951); Hertz Driv-Ur-Self Stations, Inc. v. Benson, 83 Ga. App. 866, 65 S.E.2d 191 (1951); Consolidated Stores, Inc. v. Towler, 84 Ga. App. 28, 65 S.E.2d 419 (1951); St. Paul-Mercury Indem. Co. v. Alexander, 84 Ga. App. 207, 65 S.E.2d 694 (1951); Haswell v. Haswell, 84 Ga. App. 651, 67 S.E.2d 148 (1951); Troup v. State, 85 Ga. App. 138, 68 S.E.2d 195 (1951); Hurt & Quin, Inc. v. St. Malyon, 85 Ga. App. 164, 68 S.E.2d 213 (1951); Annis v. State, 85 Ga. App. 188, 68 S.E.2d 473 (1951); Wright v. Central of Ga. Ry., 85 Ga. App. 654, 69 S.E.2d 902 (1952); Domin v. State, 85 Ga. App. 676, 70 S.E.2d 39 (1952); Bibb Mfg. Co. v. Cowan, 85 Ga. App. 816, 70 S.E.2d 386 (1952); Wall v. First State Bank, 86 Ga. App. 118, 70 S.E.2d 917 (1952); Aderhold v. Zimmer, 86 Ga. App. 204, 71 S.E.2d 270 (1952); Albert v. Albert, 86 Ga. App. 560, 71 S.E.2d 904 (1952); Hall v. First Nat'l Bank, 87 Ga. App. 142, 73 S.E.2d 252 (1952); Craig-Tourial Leather Co. v. Reynolds, 87 Ga. App. 360, 73 S.E.2d 749 (1952); Gardner v. Celanese Corp., 88 Ga. App. 642, 76 S.E.2d 817 (1953); Banks County v. Stark, 88 Ga. App. 368, 77 S.E.2d 33 (1953); Hammond v. State, 88 Ga. App. 804, 77 S.E.2d 836 (1953); Fidelity & Cas. Co. v. Swain, 90 Ga. App. 615, 83 S.E.2d 345 (1954); Life Ins. Co. v. Lawler, 211 Ga. 246, 85 S.E.2d 1 (1954); Dennison v. State, 91 Ga. App. 143, 85 S.E.2d 179 (1954); Estes v. Collum, 91 Ga. App. 186, 85 S.E.2d 561 (1954); Adams v. Ricks, 91 Ga. App. 494, 86 S.E.2d 329 (1955); Hayes v. National Life & Accident Ins. Co., 92 Ga. App. 540, 88 S.E.2d 750 (1955); Pack v. State, 93 Ga. App. 737, 92 S.E.2d 824 (1956); Henderson v. Henderson, 94 Ga. App. 64, 93 S.E.2d 822 (1956); Logue v. State, 94 Ga. App. 777, 96 S.E.2d 209 (1956); Adams v. State, 95 Ga. App. 295, 97 S.E.2d 711 (1957); Henderson v. State, 95 Ga. App. 830, 99 S.E.2d 270 (1957); Henry & Hutchinson, Inc. v. Slack, 96 Ga. App. 56, 99 S.E.2d 465 (1957); Republic of Cuba v. Arcade Bldg. of Savannah, Inc., 104 Ga. App. 848, 123 S.E.2d 453 (1961); Godby v. Hein, 107 Ga. App. 481, 130 S.E.2d 511 (1963); Huddleston Concrete Co. v. Safeco Ins. Co. of Am., 186 Ga. App. 531, 368 S.E.2d 117 (1988); State v. Chambers, 194 Ga. App. 609, 391 S.E.2d 657 (1990).
- 20 Am. Jur. 2d, Courts, § 32.
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Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 2024-10-15
Snippet: paragraph (1) of Code Section 16-15-3.”); 16-15-3 (1) (J) (enumerated offenses include “[a]ny criminal
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 2024-03-05
Snippet: constitutes “criminal gang activity.” See OCGA § 16-15-3 (1), (2). OCGA § 16-15-4, also referenced in Rule
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 2023-10-24
Snippet: robbery, assault, and murder. See OCGA § 16-15-3 (1) (defining “[c]riminal gang activity” as committing
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 2023-09-06
Snippet: (cleaned up). As relevant here, OCGA § 16-15-3 (1) (J) defines “criminal gang activity” to include
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 2023-08-21
Snippet: in [paragraph (1) of Code Section 16-15-3”); 16-15-3 (1) (J) (enumerated offenses include any criminal
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 2023-06-21
Snippet: committed one of the offenses listed in OCGA § 16-15-3 (1), and that the commission of the predicate offense
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 2023-03-07
Snippet: one of the offenses identified in OCGA § 16-15-3 (1)”; and (4) “that the crime was intended to
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 2023-02-07
Snippet: committed one of the offenses listed in OCGA § 16-15-3 (1), and that the commission of the predicate offense
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 2022-10-25
Snippet: predicate act of violence contained in OCGA § 16-15-3 (1) (J) and as set forth in the indictment, and that
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 2022-10-25
Snippet: participant or as a party to the crimes OCGA § 16-15-3 (1) (J) (defining “criminal gang activity” as including
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 2022-10-04
Snippet: in paragraph (1) of Code Section 16-15-3”); 16-15-3 (1) (J) (enumerated offenses include any criminal
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 2021-10-05
Snippet: in paragraph (1) of Code Section 16-15-3”); 16-15-3 (1) (J) (enumerated offenses include any criminal
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 2021-06-21
Snippet: imposed. (Emphasis supplied.) OCGA § 16-15-3 (1). Consistent with the manner in which we
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 2019-06-24
Citation: 830 S.E.2d 160, 306 Ga. 204
Snippet: paragraph (1) of Code Section 16-15-3." OCGA § 16-15-3 (1) (A) & (J), in turn, provide that " '[c]riminal
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 2019-06-10
Citation: 829 S.E.2d 333
Snippet: possession of a weapon, or use of a weapon." OCGA § 16-15-3 (1) (J). At the conclusion of the State's case-in-chief
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 2019-02-04
Citation: 823 S.E.2d 794, 305 Ga. 111
Snippet: Appeals pursuant to mandates set forth in OCGA § 15-3-1 (d) and the Court of Appeals' own Rule 33.3).9
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 2019-01-22
Citation: 823 S.E.2d 283, 304 Ga. 887
Snippet: the interests of the Rollin' 20s. See OCGA §§ 16-15-3 (1) (J), 16-15-4 (a) ; Jones v. State , 292 Ga. 656
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 2018-08-20
Citation: 818 S.E.2d 502, 304 Ga. 313
Snippet: qualifies as "criminal gang activity" under OCGA § 16-15-3 (1) (H), is hearsay and therefore cannot be used to
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 2018-06-29
Citation: 816 S.E.2d 663, 304 Ga. 131
Snippet: of a weapon, or use of a weapon ...," OCGA § 16-15-3 (1) (J). OCGA § 24-14-8 says: The testimony of a
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 2018-05-07
Citation: 814 S.E.2d 293
Snippet: committed one of the offenses identified in OCGA § 16-15-3 (1), which includes any crime involving violence;