By Jeffrey Collins | The Associated Press | March 30, 2023
Judge Clifton Newman returned to Cleveland State University, where he earned his law degree in 1976, to discuss his career and the six-week trial that ended in Murdaugh's murder convictions for killing his wife and son and life sentence.
By Alex Anteau | March 29, 2023
State lawyers said the ban from six weeks is valid because the same federal constitution governs today as when the act was passed.
By Alex Anteau | March 27, 2023
Disparities created by the division of courts fell along racial lines, as the majority of Richmond County's population is Black, while Columbia County's is white.
By Cedra Mayfield | March 27, 2023
"Because 'alacrity' and 'dispatch' are our clear directives, the parties have until 12 April 2023 to file briefs no longer than twenty pages," read the Judicial Qualifications Commission of Georgia Hearing Panel order.
By Cedra Mayfield | March 17, 2023
The JNC has shortlisted candidates for the governor, who has the final word on judicial appointments.
By Cedra Mayfield | March 17, 2023
"The Supreme Court issued a ruling in another JQC matter that upends the proceedings in this case," read a JQC Hearing Panel postponement notice. "The parties have understandably asked for additional time to digest the Supreme Court's ruling and assess how best to move forward."
By Cedra Mayfield | March 15, 2023
"The Code of Judicial Conduct simply has no application to conduct by people who are not yet judges or judicial candidates, even if they later become a judge or judicial candidate," read the Supreme Court of Georgia remand.
By Cedra Mayfield | March 15, 2023
"Because the JQC has jurisdiction over alleged acts of pre-judicial misconduct, has not failed to state a claim or cause of action, and respondent has failed to demonstrate the nonexistence of genuine issues of material fact, her motion should be denied," wrote Courtney Veal, Judicial Qualifications Commission of Georgia deputy director.
By Cedra Mayfield | March 13, 2023
"Respondent Coomer's proffered supplemental authority adds nothing to his challenge to the subject matter jurisdiction of the Judicial Qualifications Commission," read a reply brief filed by counsel for the Judicial Qualifications Commission of Georgia Monday.
By Cedra Mayfield | March 13, 2023
"The formal charges should have never been brought under the JQC's own rules," argued defense counsel for suspended Georgia Court of Appeals Judge Christian Coomer in newly filed supplemental briefs.
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