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Judicial Council Recommends No
New Judgeship for Flint Circuit
The Judicial Council of
Georgia has recommended to
the Governor and General
Assembly that additional
Superior Court Judgeships be
created in the Cobb and
Southern Judicial Circuits.
The recommendations fol
low completion of evalua
tions of twelve judicial
circuits in Georgia. Those
circuits were studied by the
Council’s service arm, the
Administrative Office of
Courts, upon the request of
the circuits’ judges, attor
neys, and legislators. The
Council solicited such re
quests in November.
In its voluminous report on
12 circuits, which were
examined for demographic,
geographic and economic
data as well as caseload and
other related factors, the
Council stressed its reluc
tance to recommend creation
of any new judgeships at this
time especially in light of
indications to the Judicial
Council that a study for
possible reorganization of the
court system in Georgia may
be undertaken in the near
future. Another factor con
tributing to the Council’s
recommendations was a
proposal expected to be
introduced in the General
Assembly this year which
may make available sub
stantially greater amounts of
judge time through judges
who elect to assume a
“senior judge” status. And in
lieu of additional judgeships,
the Council felt that heavy
utilization should be made of
services of state and juvenile
court judges, judges emeri
tus and supportive admins
trative power such as law
clerks.
Only those circuits display
ing an overwhelming need
W. H. Swint
Died Of
Heart Attack
Mr. William Harper Swint,
66, of 6419 Bennett Drive,
Rex, died early Saturday
morning, January 4, at
Crawford W. Long Hospital
from a second heart attack.
He suffered his first attack
on January 1 and was
admitted to the hospital.
Mr. Swint was born and
reared in Butts County, the
son of the late Mr. Daniel W.
Swint and Mrs. Frances
Chambers Swint, who sur
vives.
Mr. Swint was a retired
superintendent of Florida
Steel Corp. in East Point.
Funeral services were
conducted Monday after
noon, January 6, at 1 o’clock
from Glenwood Chapel in
Decatur. Interment was in
Westview cemetery with
Horis Ward, Inc. in charge of
arrangements.
Mr. Swint is survived by
his wife, Mrs. Annie Maude
Hoard Swint of Rex; three
daughters, Mrs. Harvey
Patrick of Atlanta, Mrs.
Frank Gossett of Dunwoody
and Mrs. Olin Bonner of
Decatur; mother, Mrs. D. W.
Swint of Atlanta; three
sisters, Mrs. J. B. Kitchens of
Jonesboro, Mrs. J. F. Stroud
of Homosassa, Florida, and
Mrs. Paul Sudan of Houston,
Texas; two brothers, David
L. Swint of Atlanta and Boyd
Swint of Tucker; eleven
grandchildren, one great
grandchild, several nieces
and nephews.
MIKE BROWNING ON
GEORGIA DEAN’S LIST
Athens, Ga. The Uni
versity of Georgia’s School of
Environmental Design has
named 28 students to its Fall
quarter Dean’s List.
Nomination to the Dean’s
List means the student has
earned a 3.6 grade point
average or better out of a
possible 4.0.
Among those cited for
excellence from Jackson is
Michael Duane Browning,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Bill
Browning.
for immediate additional
Superior Court manpower
received a favorable re
commendation from the
Council. The Council also
suggested alternative solu
tions to new Superior Court
judgeships in the other ten
circuits.
The Council also noted in
its report the following:
“The addition of judge
ships in various judicial
circuits is a matter of great
gravity and should be
approached through careful
inquiry and deliberate study.
The creation of new courts
not only requires the addi
tional compensation of jud
ges, but also possibly that of
assistant district attorneys,
secretaries, bailiffs and
other personnel and the
provision of office space,
courtroom space, furniture
and fixtures and innum
berable other items of cost.
The public is entitled to have
a thorough and in-depth
study made of such matters
before action is taken
theron.”
The Administrative Office
undertook such a study eight
months ago to ascertain the
caseload of Superior, State
and Juvenile Courts in
Georgia. But because the
task proved more difficult
than expected due to inade
quate records across the
state, the AOC will not
complete its survey until
later this year. Without
statewide comparisons, the
Council was reluctant to
recommend any further
Superior Court judgeships
unless absolutely necessary.
The Judicial Council of
Georgia was created by the
1973 General Assembly and is
composed of judges from
courts of record in Georgia
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THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA
and the president and past
president of the State Bar of
Georgia. The Council is the
policy making board for the
Administrative Office of
Courts.
The Council is authorized
by law only to make
recommendations. It is up to
the General Assembly as to
whether, in fact, any new
judgeships are to be created.
Flint Circuit, Requested
by: Governor Carter, Re
quest received after last
year’s General Assembly;
thus it is being studied this
year.
Recommendations: It is
apparent that the filings and
disposition of cases has
substantially increased in the
Flint Circuuit. The creation
of a juvenile court in each
county has reduced the
workload of the Superior
Court, but the increase in
habeas corpus petitions has
increased the need for
judicial assistance. In view
of the factors explained in the
introduction and the infor
mation contained in this
report and because of the
Council’s reluctance to re
commend creation of new
judgeships at this time in
light of several possible
future changes (as explained
in the general introduction),
the Judicial Council does not
recommend the creation of
an additional Superior Court
Judgeship in the Flint
Judicial Circuit at this time.
However, the Judicial Coun
cil does recognize the need
for judicial assistance and
recommends alternative
courses of action which
should provide the judicial
assistance needed within the
circuit. Due to the increasing
caseload and population,
careful observations and
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analysis of the judicial
workload should be main
tained regarding this circuit
so that future judicial
manpower needs may be
appropriately addressed.
Alternative Courses of
Action at the Present
Time: Make available
additional judicial man
power through the use of a
judge emeritus to help with
habeas corpus cases in
Jackson. Make available
judicial manpower from
adjacent circuits or assis
tance from external sources.
Make available assis
tance through the use of
ancillary staff, primarily a
law clerk.
Counties in Circuit: Butts,
Henry, Lamar and Monroe.
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