O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 15-18-24 (2019)

Liability of district attorney; failure to comply as ground for impeachment

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Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.
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If a district attorney fails to comply with Code Section 15-18-6, he is liable to rule as are attorneys at law, with all the penalties and remedies applicable thereto. Failure to comply with the terms of a rule absolute within 20 days from the time it becomes final shall be a ground for impeachment.

History

(Orig. Code 1863, § 352; Code 1868, § 413; Code 1873, § 378; Code 1882, § 378; Civil Code 1895, § 4393; Penal Code 1895, § 799; Civil Code 1910, § 4927; Penal Code 1910, § 799; Code 1933, § 24-2911.)

Annotations

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d. - 63C Am. Jur. 2d, Prosecuting Attorneys, § 14.

C.J.S. - 27 C.J.S., District and Prosecuting Attorneys, §§ 30, 31, 69.

ALR. - Pendency of impeachment proceeding as affecting power of officer, 30 A.L.R. 1149.

Disciplinary action against attorney for misconduct related to performance of official duties as prosecuting attorney, 10 A.L.R.4th 605.