{"id":"GA-064","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"Georgia","state":"GA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Chief Justice Harold D. Melton, Supreme Court of Georgia","authority":"O.C.G.A. 38-3-61, 38-3-62","instrument":"Order of December 22, 2020 (Ninth Order Extending Declaration of Statewide Judicial Emergency, as amended) suspending jury trials","title":"Statewide suspension of jury trials during the winter surge","dateIssued":"2020-12-22","effective":"2020-12-23","end":"jury trials permitted to resume under the Twelfth Order (Mar. 9, 2021)","startDate":"2020-12-23","endDate":"2021-03-09","quarters":["2020Q4","2021Q1"],"types":["CRT","GATH"],"addressees":["all trial courts"],"clause":"Suspended jury trials statewide at least until February 2021; trials in progress permitted to continue at the presiding judge\u0027s discretion; cited rapid COVID-19 case escalation (Husch Blackwell summary)","enforcement":"Order of the Chief Justice","functions":["CT courts (no jury trials Dec. 23, 2020-Mar. 2021)","CB legal-services clients"],"notes":"Part of the winter 2020-21 re-tightening.","sourceUrl":"https://www.gasupreme.us/","snapshot":"","fileExists":false,"fileBytes":0,"grade":"secondary","character":"","description":"","collection":"GA","url":"/library/GA-064","exhibitUrl":null,"citation":"Chief Justice Harold D. Melton, Supreme Court of Georgia, Order of December 22, 2020 (Ninth Order Extending Declaration of Statewide Judicial Emergency, as amended) suspending jury trials (Dec. 22, 2020) (Ex. GA-064)","stateName":"Georgia","related":["SEC-12-GM-122"]}