Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice P. Harris Hines didn't show up for work Monday. He had jury duty.

So instead of driving downtown to his chambers at the high court, Hines spent the day closer to home at the Cobb County Courthouse in Marietta. It's the new building next door to the one where he served as a Cobb County Superior Court judge before moving up to the Supreme Court.

He did send a note, shared by the high court's public information officer, Jane Hansen.