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2010 Georgia Code

TITLE 15 - COURTS

CHAPTER 2 - SUPREME COURT
ARTICLE 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
§ 15-2-16 - Reversal and affirmance; minutes and reports to show concurrences and dissents

O.C.G.A. 15-2-16 (2010)
15-2-16. Reversal and affirmance; minutes and reports to show concurrences and dissents


(a) In all cases decided by the Supreme Court, the concurrence of a majority of the Justices shall be essential to a judgment of reversal. If the Justices are evenly divided, the judgment of the court below shall stand affirmed. In all cases decided by the court, with at least a quorum but less than seven Justices, the concurrence of at least four shall be essential to the rendition of a judgment; and, if only four Justices act upon a case and they are evenly divided, the case shall be reargued before a full bench, if possible, before the term closes; and, if not possible, the judgment of the court below shall stand affirmed.

(b) Both the minutes and the printed official reports shall show how many and which Justices concurred in each judgment rendered and which, if any, dissented therefrom.

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