Alabama Legal Overview: Columbus-Auburn-Opelika The Columbus-Auburn-Opelika metro area, also known as Greater Columbus, spans across both Alabama and Georgia. The Greater Columbus metro area includes four counties in Georgia and three in Alabama, including Lee, Macon and Russell counties. There are circuit courts with original jurisdiction in each of the Alabama counties, along with district courts that have limited jurisdiction. All the cities have municipal courts for dealing with local ordinance violations. Listed below are the main cities in both Alabama and Georgia that fall within Greater Columbus.
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1. Opelika is the county seat of Lee County, and Auburn is the largest city in the county. Lee County is served by the 37th judicial circuit, housed in a historic 1896 building in Downtown Opelika across Courthouse Square. Tuskegee is the county seat for Macon County, served by the 5th judicial circuit housed in the Macon County Courthouse on Northside Street in Tuskegee. Phenix City is the county seat of Russell County, served by the 26th judicial circuit housed at the Russell County Courthouse on Broad Street in Phenix City. 2. Desmonte Leonard, accused of a triple murder at a party in Auburn, wants the state to help his criminal defense by subsidizing the cost of a private investigator before the case is sent to a Lee County grand jury. 3. Travis McCullough, 32, is basing his criminal defense on pepper spray used by an officer of the law to subdue him for biting said officer in Opelika. McCullough has been charged with second degree assault, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest in Lee County Circuit Court.
Trending Columbus-Auburn-Opelika Legal Topics: Appeals from the district courts and municipal courts in the 5th, 26th and 37th judicial circuits are heard by their own circuit court. Appeals against circuit court decisions can be filed with Alabama Court of Appeals, which has separate criminal and civil appellate courts. The Alabama Supreme Court is the court of last resort. All attorneys practicing in the aforementioned three Alabama counties in the Greater Columbus area must be licensed to practice law in Alabama and members of the Alabama State Bar. |