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2018 Georgia Code 15-2-17 | Car Wreck Lawyer

Link to State of Georgia Official Statute 2018 Georgia Code Annotated (sourced from legal.resource.org)
O.C.G.A. 15-2-17 Case Law from Google Scholar Amendments to OCGA 15-2-17

TITLE 15 COURTS

Section 2. Supreme Court, 15-2-1 through 15-2-47.

ARTICLE 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS

15-2-17. Rules for regulating Supreme Court's proceedings.

The Supreme Court shall have full power and authority to make all rules, not in conflict with the Constitution or laws of this state, as may be necessary for carrying the Constitution into effect and regulating the court's proceedings thereunder. To these ends it may, by rules, provide and declare when the court shall sit, how its minutes shall be kept, and how the cases upon its dockets shall be apportioned; and it generally may make all regulations as to practice and procedure which experience may show to be convenient and expedient for the proper transaction of its business, with due regard to the rights of the parties and counsel concerned.

(Ga. L. 1896, p. 42, § 4; Civil Code 1910, § 6117; Code 1933, § 24-4016; Ga. L. 1983, p. 956, § 4.)

Cross references.

- Rules of the Supreme Court of Georgia.

Editor's notes.

- The Supreme Court has adopted rules pursuant to this Code section, entitled "Rules of the Supreme Court of the State of Georgia."

Law reviews.

- For comment on Crider v. State, 115 Ga. App. 347, 154 S.E.2d 743 (1967), holding that enumerated errors must be supported by specific reference to the trial transcript, see 4 Ga. St. B. J. 265 (1967).

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Time for filing enumeration of errors and briefs is fixed by court rules and not by law alone. Horton v. Western Contracting Corp., 113 Ga. App. 613, 149 S.E.2d 542 (1966).

Cases Citing Georgia Code 15-2-17 From Courtlistener.com

Total Results: 2

Massaline v. Williams

Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 2001-10-22

Citation: 554 S.E.2d 720, 274 Ga. 552, 2001 Fulton County D. Rep. 3171, 2001 Ga. LEXIS 827

Snippet: rule” may or may not be permissible. See OCGA § 15-2-17, which provides that our rules must not “conflict

Cannon v. Williams

Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 1942-09-21

Citation: 22 S.E.2d 838, 194 Ga. 808, 1942 Ga. LEXIS 696

Snippet: Sloan, 56 Ga. 208; Worth v. Daniel, 1 Ga. App. 15 (2), 17 (57 S.E. 898); McCowen v. McCord, 49 Ga. App