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2018 Georgia Code 15-11-480 | Car Wreck Lawyer

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O.C.G.A. 15-11-480 Case Law from Google Scholar Amendments to OCGA 15-11-480

TITLE 15 COURTS

Section 11. Juvenile Code, 15-11-1 through 15-11-747.

ARTICLE 6 DELINQUENCY

15-11-480. When jeopardy attaches.

  1. When a child enters a denial to a petition alleging his or her delinquency, jeopardy attaches when the first witness is sworn at the adjudication hearing.
  2. When a child enters an admission to a petition alleging his or her delinquency, jeopardy attaches when the court accepts the admission.

(Code 1981, §15-11-480, enacted by Ga. L. 2013, p. 294, § 1-1/HB 242.)

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Cited in In the Interest of M.D.H., 300 Ga. 46, 793 S.E.2d 49 (2016).

Cases Citing O.C.G.A. § 15-11-480

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In the Interest of M. D. H., 300 Ga. 46 (Ga. 2016).

Cited 18 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Oct 31, 2016 | 793 S.E.2d 49

...released [from detention] and the case is to be prosecuted further other than by informal adjustment, a petition . . . shall be made and presented to the court within 30 days.” It is undisputed that jeopardy had not attached at the time of the dismissals of these cases in the juvenile courts. See OCGA § 15-11-480 (explaining that jeopardy attaches in a juvenile delinquency proceeding when the first witness is sworn or the child enters an admission and the court accepts it). M....