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O.C.G.A. § 15-10-260 <-- --> O.C.G.A. §15-10-262

2010 Georgia Code

TITLE 15 - COURTS

CHAPTER 10 - MAGISTRATE COURTS
ARTICLE 13 - TRIALS OF CERTAIN MISDEMEANORS
§ 15-10-261 - Waiver of jury trial

O.C.G.A. 15-10-261 (2010)
15-10-261. Waiver of jury trial


There shall be no jury trials in the magistrate court. A magistrate court shall not have the power to dispose of the misdemeanor offenses enumerated in subsection (a) of Code Section 15-10-260 unless the defendant shall first waive in writing a trial by jury. If the defendant does not waive a trial by jury, the defendant shall notify the court and, if probable cause exists, the defendant shall be immediately bound over to a court in the county having jurisdiction to try the offense wherein a jury may be impaneled.