O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A. § 15-7-1 (2019)
‘‘State court’’ defined
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As used in this chapter, the term ‘‘state court’’ shall mean any court created pursuant to the provisions of this chapter or any court continued as a state court by Article VI, Section X of the Constitution of the State of Georgia.
History
Code 1981, § 15-7-1, enacted by Ga. L. 1983, p. 1419, § 2; Ga. L. 1984, p. 22, § 15.
Annotations
JUDICIAL DECISIONS Jurisdiction of recorder’s courts over misdemeanor traffic offenses. - Under the 1983 Georgia Constitution, the recorder’s courts continue to possess lim-
ited jurisdiction over state misdemeanor traffic offenses until otherwise provided by law. Wojcik v. State, 260 Ga. 260, 392 S.E.2d 525 (1990).
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5
cases, 1983–1999 · leading case: Parks v. State, 521 S.E.2d 370 (Ga. Ct. App. 1999).
Parks v. State, 521 S.E.2d 370 (Ga. Ct. App. 1999). “3938 (amending “an Act to create a court to be known as the ‘Civil and Criminal Court of Cobb County,’ ” approved March 26, 1964; see Ga. L. 1964, p. 3211). Parks maintains that his speedy trial clock did not start running until his arraignment on February 10, 1998, because no…”
Reed v. State, 495 S.E.2d 313 (Ga. Ct. App. 1997). “Nothing in the state Constitution, the state Code, or the Troup County contract creates this type of “hybrid” court simply because the same judge may preside in both courts. In fact, the emphasis on the separation of the courts’ functions and identities in the Constitution, the…”
Wojcik v. State, 392 S.E.2d 525 (Ga. 1990). “OCGA § 15-7-1 et seq. (Ga. L. 1970, p. 679); see Yeargin v.”
Westbrook v. Zant, 575 F. Supp. 186 (M.D. Ga. 1983). “O.C.G.A. §§ 15-7-1 et seq., 15-18-6 (Michie 1982).”
Jordan v. Atlanta Neighborhood Hous. Servs., Inc., 313 S.E.2d 787 (Ga. Ct. App. 1984). “OCGA § 15-7-1 (now OCGA § 15-7-43 (b) (Code Ann.”
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