Inquiry Concerning Judge Cary Hays III

313 Ga. 148

FINAL COPY S21Z1181. INQUIRY CONCERNING JUDGE CARY HAYS III. PER CURIAM. This judicial discipline matter is before the Court on an agreement between the Director of the Judicial Qualifications Commission (“JQC”) and Cary Hays III, Chief Magistrate of Crawford County, to resolve the formal charges brought against Judge Hays arising from a physical altercation with a defendant who appeared before him. The agreement calls for Judge Hays to serve an unpaid, 30-day suspension to be followed by a public reprimand. Pursuant to JQC Rule 23, the agreement was submitted to the JQC’s Hearing…