by admin | May 11, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Georgia
The period within which a prosecution must be commenced under Code Section 17-3-1 or other applicable statute does not include any period in which:(1) The accused is not usually and publicly a resident within this state;(2) The person committing the crime is unknown...
by admin | May 11, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Georgia
(a) A prosecution for murder may be commenced at any time.(b) Except as otherwise provided in Code Section 17-3-2.1, prosecution for other crimes punishable by death or life imprisonment shall be commenced within seven years after the commission of the crime except as...
by admin | May 11, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Georgia
(a) A defendant arrested, held, or present in a county other than that in which an indictment or accusation is pending against that defendant may state in writing a wish to plead guilty, guilty but mentally ill, guilty but with intellectual disability, or nolo...
by admin | May 11, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Georgia
This state claims jurisdiction of an offense committed on any of her boundary lines with other states for the county bordering on that part of the line where the offense was committed and, if doubtful as to which of two counties as set forth in subsection (g) of Code...
by admin | May 11, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Georgia
(a)In general. Criminal actions shall be tried in the county where the crime was committed, except as otherwise provided by law.(b)Crime committed on boundary line of two counties. If a crime is committed on, or immediately adjacent to, the boundary line between two...
by admin | May 11, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Georgia
(a) It is the policy of this state to exercise its jurisdiction over crime and persons charged with the commission of crime to the fullest extent allowable under, and consistent with, the Constitution of this state and the Constitution of the United States.(b)...
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