{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-15-2-16","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 15-2-16","heading":"Reversal and affirmance; minutes and reports to show concurrences and dissents.","body":"(a) In all cases decided by the Supreme Court, the concurrence of a majority of the Justices shall be essential to a judgment of reversal. If the Justices are evenly divided, the judgment of the court below shall stand affirmed. In all cases decided by the court, with at least a quorum but less than nine Justices, the concurrence of at least five shall be essential to the rendition of a judgment.\n(b) Both the minutes and the printed official reports shall show how many and which Justices concurred in each judgment rendered and which, if any, dissented therefrom.","path":["TITLE 15 Courts","CHAPTER 2 Supreme Court","Article 1 General Provisions"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.15.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"1c2122814ec1acf94dde782f00940b9a7ad4e56470622d6ca3f142effa46f053","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-15-2-11-through-15-2-15","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-15-2-17"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}