3 years after the COVID-19 pandemic closed down court houses throughout Georgia in 2020, a handful of judges are continuing to toll statutory rapid trial requirements. Leveraging O.C.G.A. 38-3-62. (b), 5 judicial circuits have actually made use of the tolling extensions 15 times given that 2022.
In 2015, the Atlanta, Clayton, Cordele, Dougherty and Northern judicial circuits extended orders giving remedy for statutory rapid trial requirements, however one circuit in specific continues to represent majority the extensions post-pandemic.