193 Ga. App. 306 - Kolker v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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7 state decisions

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1. “[T]he issue to be determined in the instant case is whether the language of Art. VI, Sec. I, Par. I of the Georgia Constitution of 1983 which provides that municipal courts are authorized to exercise “such other jurisdiction as provided by law” is properly construed as being an exception to or as being limited by the constitutional grant, in that same paragraph, of the judicial power of the state exclusively to courts other than municipal courts. Municipal courts are either constitutionally authorized to exercise “such other jurisdiction as provided by law” including jurisdiction over state traffic offenses as provided by OCGA § 40-13-21 (a) or, notwithstanding the provisions of OCGA § 40-13-21 (a), they are constitutionally authorized to exercise “such other jurisdiction as provided by law” except jurisdiction over state offenses. [Emphasis in original.] [Kolker v. State, supra, 193 Ga. App. at 308 .] Held:”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Kolker v. State