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2018 Georgia Code 15-12-102 | Car Wreck Lawyer

TITLE 15 COURTS

Section 12. Juries, 15-12-1 through 15-12-172.

ARTICLE 4 GRAND JURIES

15-12-102. Applicability of part.

This part shall apply only to all counties and consolidated city-county governments of this state. Except as otherwise provided by this part, Part 1 of this article shall apply to the grand juries authorized by this part.

(Code 1981, §15-12-102, enacted by Ga. L. 2016, p. 186, § 5/HB 941.)

Effective date.

- This Code section became effective July 1, 2016.

Editor's notes.

- This Code section formerly pertained to the application of this part. The former Code section was based on Code 1933, § 59-601a, enacted by Ga. L. 1974, p. 270, § 1; Ga. L. 1976, p. 982, § 1; Ga. L. 1982, p. 541, §§ 1, 2.

Law reviews.

- For article on the 2016 enactment of this Code section, see 33 Georgia St. U.L. Rev. 79 (2016).

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Editor's notes.

- In light of the similarity of the statutory provisions, decisions decided under former Code Section 15-12-102 are included in the annotations for this Code section.

Impact of special grand jury's overreach.

- Although the defendant established a violation of the impaneling order, which fixed the scope of the special purpose grand jury's investigative powers to county corruption, but not city, and it also constituted a violation of O.C.G.A. § 15-12-71 and former O.C.G.A. § 15-12-102, neither dismissal of the indictment nor suppression of the evidence was the proper remedy for the grand jury's overreach as no violation of the defendant's constitutional rights nor a structural defect in the grand jury process occurred. State v. Lampl, 296 Ga. 892, 770 S.E.2d 629 (2015);(decided under former O.C.G.A. § 15-12-102).

Cases Citing Georgia Code 15-12-102 From Courtlistener.com

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State v. Lampl

Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 2015-03-16

Citation: 296 Ga. 892, 770 S.E.2d 629, 2015 Ga. LEXIS 186

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