Courts Quick Guide [Updated 03 NOV 2024]

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Judiciary of San Andreas

  CHIEF JUSTICE
Maria Vespasiano (( Tungsten ))

Director of the Courts of San Andreas
(Head of the San Andreas Supreme Court)   PRESIDING JUSTICE,
COURT OF APPEALS --

(Head of the San Andreas Court of Appeals)
(Member of the San Andreas Supreme Court)
(Can hear cases within Superior Court and Court of Appeals)

  PRESIDING JUSTICE,
SUPERIOR COURT --

(Head of the San Andreas Superior Court, including the Civil and Criminal Divisions)
(Member of the San Andreas Supreme Court)
(Can hear cases within Superior Court and Court of Appeals)   ASSOCIATE JUSTICE
VACANT

(Members of the San Andreas Supreme Court)
(Can hear cases within Superior Court and Court of Appeals)   JUDGES
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(Judges not yet appointed to the San Andreas Supreme Court)
(Can hear cases in the Superior Court or Court of Appeals)




(All judges, Associate Justices, Presiding Justices and the Chief Justice have the power to grant search/arrest warrants in the name of the Courts of San Andreas as necessary.)

(Court orders issued by judges, Associate Justices, Presiding Justices and the Chief Justice are binding with the full power of law.)

(The Judiciary is not in the standard Department of Justice chain of command, it is a separate entity. As such, complaints against members of the Judiciary should be sent to the Chief Justice or Presiding Justices in the Chief Justice's absence.)

  COMMISSIONERS OF THE COURT

CLERK OF THE COURT
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(Judicial Clerks assist specific judges in researching matters, creating documents and making decisions.)
(Judicial Clerks are not judges but they do work directly with judges.)   SUPPORT STAFF
VACANT   Associate Justices, Presiding Justices and the Chief Justice are active members of the San Andreas Supreme Court.
Judges ranked lower than Associate Justice may be granted temporary acting Justice positions for the purpose of hearing specific Supreme Court cases in the absence of full Justices.

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