Georgia Supreme Court chief justice to deliver State of Judiciary

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ATLANTA — Supreme Court of Georgia Chief Justice Michael P. Boggs is scheduled to deliver his second State of the Judiciary address to the Georgia General Assembly on Feb. 7, at 11 a.m.

Boggs will update legislators on a variety of topics, including efforts to address the need for improved judicial security, work force development challenges facing the judicial system, the progress state trial courts are making on clearing their case backlogs, and, most importantly, the commitment of judges and court staff throughout Georgia to upholding the rule of law and improving the administration of justice.

The speech to the joint session of the House and Senate will take place in the House Chambers of the Capitol. The speech will be live-streamed by Georgia Public Broadcasting as well as shared on the Supreme Court’s website at gasupreme.us.

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Except for a brief period, Albany Herald Editor Carlton Fletcher has been a newspaperman, working as Sports Writer/Columnist for the weekly Ocilla Star, as Sports Writer/Sports Editor with The Tifton Gazette, and as Sports Writer/Copy Editor/News Reporter/Features Editor and Editor of the paper. He has won numerous awards for sports, news, business and column writing, including a first-place Business Writing award in last year’s Georgia Press Association awards competition.

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