by admin | May 11, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Georgia
(a) Any party who objects to any portion of the charge to the jury or the failure to charge the jury shall inform the court of the specific objection and the grounds for such objection before the jury retires to deliberate. Such objections shall be done outside of the...
by admin | May 11, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Georgia
(a)(1) It is error for any judge, during any phase of any criminal case, to express or intimate to the jury the judge’s opinion as to whether a fact at issue has or has not been proved or as to the guilt of the accused.(2) Any party who alleges a violation of...
by admin | May 11, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Georgia
(a) The judges of the superior, state, and city courts shall, when the counsel for either party requests it before argument begins, write out their charges and read them to the jury; and it shall be error to give any other or additional charge than that so written and...
by admin | May 11, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Georgia
(a) As used in this Code section, the term “child” means an individual who is under 17 years of age.(b) This Code section shall apply to all proceedings when a child is a witness to or an alleged victim of a violation of Code Section 16-5-1, 16-5-20,...
by admin | May 11, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Georgia
In the trial of any criminal case, when any person under the age of 16 is testifying concerning any sexual offense, the court shall clear the courtroom of all persons except parties to the cause and their immediate families or guardians, attorneys and their...
by admin | May 11, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Georgia
During a trial in a court of any case in which the evidence is vulgar and obscene or relates to the improper acts of the sexes, and tends to debauch the morals of the young, the presiding judge shall have the right in his discretion and on his own motion, or on motion...
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