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Home » US Law » 2022 Georgia Code » Title 17 - Criminal Procedure » Chapter 1 - General Provisions

§ 17-1-1. Filing and Service of Pleadings, Motions, and Other Papers

Unless otherwise provided by law or by order of the court, every pleading subsequent to the entry of the initial indictment or accusation upon which the defendant is to be tried; every order not entered in open court; every written motion, unless it is one as to which a hearing ex parte is authorized; and […]

§ 17-1-2. Maintenance of Penal Actions

A “penal action” is an action allowed in pursuance of public justice under particular laws. If no special officer is authorized to be the plaintiff therein, the state, the Governor, the Attorney General, or the prosecuting attorney may be the plaintiff. History. Orig. Code 1863, § 3178; Code 1868, § 3189; Code 1873, § 3254; […]