Chief Justice Harold Melton (left) and Presiding Justice David Nahmias, Supreme Court of Georgia. (Photos: John Disney/ALM) Judicial Council to Ask Legislature for More Freedom to Suspend Speedy Trial Deadlines
The Judicial Council voted to push for the legislation even as Chief Justice Harold Melton said, "We may have to call an audible" and reconsider whether to continue holding in-person jury trials.
December 14, 2020 at 06:20 PM
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The Judicial Council of Georgia has voted to ask state legislators to give the state's superior and state court judges greater authority to suspend statutory speedy trial deadlines beyond the end of the governor's COVID-19 public health emergency.
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