Appalachian Judicial Circuit Veterans Treatment Court serving Fannin County (Chief Judge Brenda S. Weaver)

The court. The Appalachian Circuit's own Veterans Treatment Court page: "The Appalachian Judicial Circuit’s Veterans Treatment Court was established in 2013 by Chief Superior Court Judge Brenda S. Weaver and is based on the model originally established by Judge Robert Russell in Buffalo New York." The contact: "Superior Court Chief Judge Brenda S. Weaver, P.O. Box 545, Jasper, Georgia, 30143. Contact: Chris Holt, Coordinator, [email protected], 706-301-8483." The circuit's counties are "Fannin, Gilmer, and Pickens", and the Council of Accountability Court Judges' directory row carries the same court for the three counties, implemented October 2013. The programme. A hybrid of the Drug and Mental Health Court models: a voluntary programme of regular court appearances, drug and alcohol treatment, mental-health treatment, community service, random drug screening, recovery-support meetings and educational classes; "Veterans who elect to participate in the program must plea-in. Successful completion of the program can result in dismissal of charges." Phases one through five run four to six months each, minimum completion 24 months, with the veteran mentor programme as the docket's distinguishing piece. The statute and the route. Georgia's accountability courts rest on Code section 15-1-17; see the Georgia entry. A Fannin case enters through defence counsel, the District Attorney or the coordinator; the circuit's Superior Court sits at the Fannin County courthouse in Blue Ridge for Fannin cases.