Update on Lake Area Legal System as First Criminal Trial Juries Are Selected
Summary
The Lake Area legal system took an important step forward Monday as the first criminal trial juries were picked in more than a year. Baldwin County’s jury selection was done at the County Recreation Gym in Milledgeville. District Attorney T. […]
The Lake Area legal system took an important step forward Monday as the first criminal trial juries were picked in more than a year.
Baldwin County’s jury selection was done at the County Recreation Gym in Milledgeville.
District Attorney T. Wright Barksdale says it is the beginning of a long process.
At last count, the backlog for the Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit was more than 4,000 felony and misdemeanor cases.
The eight counties in the Circuit are Baldwin, Greene, Hancock, Jasper, Jones, Morgan, Putnam and Wilkinson Counties.