Clayton County Solicitor-General’s Office

1. To attend each session of the state court when criminal cases are to be heard.

2. To administer the oaths required by law to the bailiffs or other officers of the court and otherwise to aid the presiding judge in organizing the court as may be necessary.

3. To file accusation on such criminal cases deemed prosecutable and to prosecute all accused offenses.

4. To attend before the appellate courts when any criminal case in which the solicitor-general represent the state is heard, to argue the same, and to perform any other duty there in which the interest of the state may require.

5. To prosecute civil actions to enforce any civil penalty set forth in Code Section 40-6-163.

6. When authorized by the local governing authority, to be the prosecuting attorney of any municipal court, recorder’s court, or probate court.

7. To prosecute on behalf of the state any criminal action which is removed from the state court to a United States district court pursuant to Chapter 89 of Title 28 of the United States Code.

8. To represent the state or any officer or agent of the county in a superior court in any habeas corpus action arising out of any criminal proceeding in the state court.