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O.C.G.A. § 15-12-63 (2019)

Concurrent grand juries

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In any term of court when the public interest requires it, the court, on application of the district attorney, may empanel one or more concurrent grand juries.

History

(Ga. L. 1871-72, p. 47, § 3; Code 1873, § 3936; Code 1882, § 3936; Ga. L. 1884-85, p. 41, § 1; Penal Code 1895, § 862; Penal Code 1910, § 866; Code 1933, § 59-204; Ga. L. 2011, p. 59, § 1-30/HB 415; Ga. L. 2014, p. 862, § 11/HB 1078.)

Annotations

The 2014 amendment, effective April 29, 2014, substituted the present provisions of this Code section for the former provisions, which read: "When the superior court is held for longer than one week, the presiding judge may direct the clerk to choose separate grand juries for each week."

Editor's notes. - Ga. L. 2011, p. 59, § 1-1/HB 415, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: "This Act shall be known and may be cited as the 'Jury Composition Reform Act of 2011.'"

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Cited in McKibben v. State, 187 Ga. 651, 2 S.E.2d 101 (1939); Foster v. Sparks, 506 F.2d 805 (5th Cir. 1975).

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d. - 38 Am. Jur. 2d, Grand Jury, §§ 8, 19, 21.

C.J.S. - 38A C.J.S., Grand Juries, § 38 et seq.