O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 15-18-9 (2019)

Authority to enter nolle prosequi

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)

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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The district attorney has authority, on the terms prescribed by law, to enter a nolle prosequi on indictments.

History

(Orig. Code 1863, § 354; Code 1868, § 415; Code 1873, § 380; Code 1882, § 380; Penal Code 1895, § 801; Penal Code 1910, § 801; Code 1933, § 24-2915.)

Annotations

RESEARCH REFERENCES ALR. - Power and duty of court as to continuation of action or prosecution upon refusal of city, county, or district attorney to proceed therewith, 103 ALR 1253.

Limitations on state prosecuting attorney’s discretion to initiate prosecution by indictment or by information, 44 ALR4th 401.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 1997–1997 · leading case: Gourley v. State, 486 S.E.2d 342 (Ga. 1997).

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Gourley v. State, 486 S.E.2d 342 (Ga. 1997). · cites it 2× “See OCGA § 15-18-9 (authorizing State to enter nolle prosequi on terms prescribed by law).”

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