Thursday key to transacting guilty pleas

This Thursday in the Oconee General Sessions Court at Walhalla is lining up as a key day for resolving criminal court cases, court officers have told 101.7/WGOG NEWS.  Without a judge present, both prosecution and defense attorneys yesterday, we’re told, were successful in eliciting signed intentions from several defendants willing to stand before the court Thursday and admit their guilt and await sentencing.  Oconee General Sessions Court this year is adjusting to a big procedural change–which has the solicitor’s office ceding to the clerk’s office the order of cases, and it’s a change they remain adjusting to.