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Jury trials to resume in Newton after year-long delay The Judge Horace J. Johnson Jr. Judicial Center - photo by Courtesy of Newton County
COVINGTON, Ga. The first jury trials in more than a year in Newton County are set to begin next week.
Juries are set to be chosen under COVID-19 protocols for social distancing and mask-wearing beginning Monday, April 12, in the Alcovy Judicial Circuit.
District Attorney Randy McGinley said cases awaiting jury trials in Newton County courts will be allowed to proceed after being postponed since March 2020.
Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice Harold Melton issued an order March 9 allowing jury trials to resume in Georgia.