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Judiciary of San Andreas

"Upon the integrity, wisdom and independence of the judiciary depend the sacred rights of free men and women."


History of the Judiciary of San Andreas

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The Judiciary of San Andreas was established not long after the United States District Court for the District of San Andreas, which was established in the 19th Century. It's Chief Justice was Lucas Hoffman, Jr who was first nominated by United States President Millard Fillmore to a separate federal court before being moved around to the District Court for the District of San Andreas. Although functioning as a federal judge, Hoffman took a keen interest in the formation of the basic judiciary establishment of the State of San Andreas, and actively took an effort to ensure that it's early beginnings could be as smooth in transition into the wider court system of the nation. In 1870 with the full establishment of the Los Santos Police Department and the selection of it's first Chief of Police Jacob F. Gerkens, law and order in the State of San Andreas was slowly beginning to take real shape and the courts capitalized on it. With the intervention of Hoffman, the Superior Court of San Andreas was founded with it's first Chief Presiding Judge Robert Templeton who previously clerked for Hoffman upon recommendation. Soon after the establishment of the Superior Court, the Appellate Court of San Andreas, along with the Supreme Court of San Andreas was established as federal power in the growing state was decreasing. And it was these seeds of the early judiciary system, that still sticks to this day in the State of San Andreas.


Judiciary Structure in San Andreas

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Court Structure: 

  • Los Santos County Superior Court - District trial courts, with general jurisdiction to hear and decide any civil, criminal, or traffic action. 
    • Civil Division
    • Criminal Division
    • Traffic Division
  • 2nd Court of Appeal - 2nd District intermediate appellate court of the State of San Andreas.
    • Civil Division
    • Criminal Division
    • Traffic Division
  • Supreme Court of San Andreas - The highest and final court in the courts of the State of San Andreas.

 

Judicial Organisation Structure

  • Office of the Chief Justice 
    • Chief Justice - Morgan Jones (( @OliHaydes ))
    • Senior Associate Justice - Nathan Moore (( @BjornV ))
    • Associate Justice
  • Superior Courts of San Andreas
    • Presiding Judge
      • Court Human Resources
        • Human Resources Director
        • Judicial Administrator
        • Human Resources Assistant
      • Court Public Relations
        • Communications Director
        • Media and Legislative Affairs Administrator
        • Communications Assistant
    • Supervising Judge
    • Judge
    • Court Commissioner II
    • Court Commissioner I
  • Office of the District Attorney
    • District Attorney - Harper Meyer (( @Price ))
    • Assistant District Attorney
    • Deputy District Attorney IV
    • Deputy District Attorney III
    • Deputy District Attorney II
    • Deputy District Attorney I
  • Office of the Public Defender
    • Chief Public Defender - Laurent Blackwell  (( @Kappaurel ))
    • Deputy Chief Public Defender
    • Deputy Public Defender IV
    • Deputy Public Defender III
    • Deputy Public Defender II
    • Deputy Public Defender I

 

List of Judiciary Chief Justice(s)

 

  • Olivia Morales - [Unknown - 26/SEP/2018] (( @Kebab )) 
  • Greg Joplin - [27/SEP/2018 - 04/JAN/2020] (( @Brett )) 
  • Garrett Fox - [05/JAN/2020 - 18/JAN/2020] (( @Bjork ))
  • Edward Cline - [19/JAN/2020 - 25/DEC/2020] (( @Copacetic )) 
  • Isaac Rhodes - [26/DEC/2020 - 24/JAN/2021] (( @TNG ))
  • Greg Joplin - [28/JAN/2021 - 11/FEB/2021] (( @Brett ))
  • Chester Knight - [11/FEB/2021 - 24/FEB/2021] (( @Forensic )) 
  • Vincent Schroeder - [27/FEB/2021] - [11/AUG/2021] (( @mattmocz ))
  • Michael Smith - [23/AUG/2021] - [17/OCT/2021] (( @BjornV ))
  • James Connelly - [18/OCT/2021 - 15/DEC/2021] (( @stringer ))
  • tbc [Unknown - 12/OCT/2O22] (( @Kebab ))
  • tbc [12/OCT/2022 - 24/OCT/2022] (( @Manny ))
  • Morgan Jones [24/OCT/2022 - Current] (( @OliHaydes ))

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