South Korea's Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the acquittal of Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Jae-yong on fraud charges after years of legal proceedings.

Gov. Brian Kemp said Georgia Court of Appeals Judge Benjamin Land will fill the spot on the Georgia Supreme Court left by former Chief Justice Michael Boggs, who stepped down at the end of March to return to private practice.

As a law student at the University of Georgia, Benjamin A. Land clerked for the Georgia Supreme Court. After decades of judicial experience and a stint serving in the state appellate court, Land will soon return to the Supreme Court,