{"id":65386,"date":"2023-05-19T15:04:40","date_gmt":"2023-05-19T19:04:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maconbibb.us\/?page_id=65386"},"modified":"2023-11-08T10:43:36","modified_gmt":"2023-11-08T15:43:36","slug":"criminal-case-online","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.maconbibb.us\/state-court\/criminal-case-online\/","title":{"rendered":"Criminal Case Information"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The criminal jurisdiction of the State Court of Bibb County includes misdemeanors under Georgia Law and violations of the Macon-Bibb County Code of Ordinances. If you have criminal charges against you in the State Court of Bibb County, you have a number of rights.\u00a0 These rights are explained in the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.maconbibb.us\/state-court\/criminal-case-online\/rights-video\">Rights Video<\/a>,\u201d and you should watch the video to learn about your rights before you make any decision about what you will do in your case.<\/p>\n<p>Any defendant who is in a high-risk category (including over the age of 65) or has a COVID-19 related basis to be excused from Court should contact the chambers of Judge Sharell Lewis (478-310-3637), at least seventy-two (72) hours before the scheduled Court date. Please include your full name and phone number, if you leave a message.\u00a0<strong><u>Leaving a voice mail does not relieve a defendant of the requirement to appear on the scheduled Court date. You must have received confirmation from the Judge\u2019s Office before you are relieved from appearing<\/u><\/strong>. Failure to appear for a scheduled Court date may result in a warrant for the defendant\u2019s arrest.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Criminal case e-filing is available.<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0Pleadings may be filed through PeachCourt.\u00a0 (Click on the link on the website to register and file.\u00a0 There is presently no cost to e-file in criminal cases.)\u00a0 All lawyers and parties are encouraged to file pleadings electronically rather than in person; however, e-filing is not mandatory in criminal cases.\u00a0 If you have questions or issues related to PeachCourt, go to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/peachcourt.com\/\">https:\/\/peachcourt.com<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0 There is a \u201cNeed Help\u201d prompt for you to click on their website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The criminal jurisdiction of the State Court of Bibb County includes misdemeanors under Georgia Law and violations of the Macon-Bibb County Code of Ordinances. If you have criminal charges against you in the State Court of Bibb County, you have a number of rights.\u00a0 These rights are explained in the \u201cRights Video,\u201d and you should [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":103,"featured_media":0,"parent":65325,"menu_order":113,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-statecourtcriminalcase.php","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-65386","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","page_department-sc","page_category-cr"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maconbibb.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/65386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maconbibb.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maconbibb.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maconbibb.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/103"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maconbibb.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65386"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.maconbibb.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/65386\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65387,"href":"https:\/\/www.maconbibb.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/65386\/revisions\/65387"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maconbibb.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/65325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maconbibb.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}