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Ex. GA-064 Order Confirmed from a secondary source

Order of December 22, 2020 (Ninth Order Extending Declaration of Statewide Judicial Emergency, as amended) suspending jury trials

Statewide suspension of jury trials during the winter surge

Chief Justice Harold D. Melton, Supreme Court of Georgia · Georgia (Court)

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Jurisdiction
Georgia
Level
Court
Authority
O.C.G.A. 38-3-61, 38-3-62
Issued
2020-12-22 Dec. 22, 2020
Effective
2020-12-23
End
jury trials permitted to resume under the Twelfth Order (Mar. 9, 2021) (read as 2021-03-09)
In force
Dec. 23, 2020 to Mar. 9, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q42021 Q1
Limitation types
Gathering capCourts and public offices
Addressees
  • all trial courts
Functions reached
  • CT courts (no jury trials Dec. 23, 2020-Mar. 2021)
  • CB legal-services clients
Collection
Georgia GA

Operative words

Suspended jury trials statewide at least until February 2021; trials in progress permitted to continue at the presiding judge's discretion; cited rapid COVID-19 case escalation (Husch Blackwell summary)

Enforcement

Order of the Chief Justice

Notes

Part of the winter 2020-21 re-tightening.

Retrieval note

Husch Blackwell Georgia tracker (Dec. 22, 2020 entry); order number inferred from the extension sequence and stated with that caveat.

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