Superior Court

Criminal Justice System March 25, 2022

Man sentenced to life without parole for Cobb Parkway robbery

Cobb Superior Court Judge Kellie Hill sentenced a man to life without possibility of parole for a 2019 armed robbery in which three employees were held prisoner in a closet…

Group photo of three fathers and court staff celebrating graduation from Parental Accountability Court

Criminal Justice System November 8, 2021

Three fathers graduate from Cobb Parental Accountability Court

Three fathers graduated from the Cobb County Parental Accountability Court after getting back on track with their child support payments. The Parental Accountability Court is one of four accountability courts…

Criminal Justice System September 29, 2021

Man sentenced to life without parole in mistaken-identity execution style revenge killing in Cobb County

Cobb County District Attorney Flynn D. Broady, Jr. announced the conviction and sentencing of Jamaar Bracey in the execution-style revenge killing of Shawn Gray in the parking lot of a…

Criminal Justice System September 27, 2021

Taneesha Marshall to run for open Superior Court seat

Taneesha Marshall, who served as a staff attorney for Superior Court Judge Robert Flournoy III announced her candidacy for the open Superior Court seat in 2022. Judge Flournoy is retiring,…

Criminal Justice System September 27, 2021

Gerald Moore announces run for open Cobb Superior Court seat

Assistant District Attorney and former Cobb Magistrate Court Judge Gerald Moore has announced his campaign for Cobb County Superior Court. Judge Robert Flournoy III is retiring, and the primary and…

Criminal Justice System September 24, 2021

Five sentenced in 2018 murder of Daniel Perez in Kennesaw

Sentences were handed down in the 2018 murder of Daniel Perez, who was killed in the parking lot of a business complex across from North Cobb High School in Kennesaw….

Judge Mary Staley Clark with Hope the Comfort Dog (photo courtesy of Cobb County Superior Court)

Cobb County May 27, 2021

New judicial assignments to Cobb Accountability Courts

Superior Court Chief Judge Robert Leonard announced new assignments to the Cobb County Accountability Courts. Judge Mary Staley Clark will now preside over the Drug Treatment Court, and Judge Ann…

Cobb County July 10, 2020

Nine Cobb County court employees test positive for COVID-19

Cobb County Superior Court Chief Judge Reuben Green issued a series of orders after nine courthouse personnel tested positive for COVID-19. The first order was entitled “Notice to the Bar…

2020 Elections May 29, 2020

Daniele Johnson: candidate for Cobb County Superior Court

The following press release was provided to the Courier by the campaign of Daniele Johnson, a candidate for Cobb County Superior Court Judge. The race is nonpartisan, so the winner…

Judge Kellie Hill standing beside the bench

2020 Elections May 26, 2020

Kellie Hill: Candidate for Superior Court judge

Kellie Hill is a candidate for judge of Cobb County Superior Court. The race is nonpartisan, so the winner of the June 9 election will replace retiring Judge Lark Ingram…

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