James L. Cline, Jr.
James Levi "Jim" Cline, Jr. was a judge for the Ocmulgee Circuit in Georgia.[1] He was appointed to the court by former Governor Zell Miller in 1995, and was re-elected in 2012 for a term expiring in 2016.[2] On August 21, 2014, Cline was found dead in his home from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the chest. Autopsy results later confirmed his death as a suicide.[3][4]
Education
Cline received his undergraduate degree from the University of Georgia and his J.D. degree from Mercer University.[5]
Career
Before his appointment to the court in 1995, Cline served as an assistant district attorney for the Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit and for Bibb County. He also previously had his own law practice in Greensboro, Georgia.[6][7]
2012 election
Cline ran unopposed for re-election to the Ocmulgee Superior Court.[8] He was re-elected after receiving 99.7% of the vote in the July 31 election.[2]
- See also: Georgia judicial elections, 2012
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Footnotes
- ↑ Administrative Office of the Courts, "Superior Court Directory," accessed May 4, 2014
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Georgia Secretary of State, "General Primary/General Nonpartisan/Special Election," accessed August 1, 2012
- ↑ 41 NBC.com, "Superior Court Judge death ruled suicide," August 23, 2014
- ↑ AJC.com, "Judge shoots himself in his Greene County home," August 22, 2014
- ↑ Martindale, Levi Cline, Jr. Date accessed: February 17, 2014
- ↑ McCommons Funeral Home.com, "Honorable Judge James L. “Jim” Cline, Jr.," accessed August 28, 2014
- ↑ Daily Report, "Friends Recall Judge James Cline for Humor and Barbecue Sauce," August 25, 2014
- ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "Preliminary List of Candidates on the July 31, 2012 General Non-Partisan Election Ballot," accessed May 29, 2012
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