In a recent opinion from the Georgia Supreme Court, the state’s justices revealed that starting next July, they would no longer review or rule on murder cases in Georgia.
The change was included in a concurring opinion added to the state’s highest court’s decision on a malice murder case from 2019 in Fulton County.
According to the court, the volume of murder case appeals overseen by the GSC is too many, and has been for too long, with the volume steadily increasing over the years…