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2018 Georgia Code 16-12-29 | Car Wreck Lawyer

TITLE 16 CRIMES AND OFFENSES

Section 12. Offenses Against Public Health and Morals, 16-12-1 through 16-12-191.

ARTICLE 2 GAMBLING AND RELATED OFFENSES

16-12-29. Competent witnesses.

On the trial of any person for violating Code Section 16-12-21, 16-12-22, 16-12-23, or 16-12-24, any other person who may have played and bet at the same time or table shall be a competent witness.

(Laws 1833, Cobb's 1851 Digest, pp. 815, 816; Code 1863, § 4428; Code 1868, § 4469; Code 1873, § 4545; Code 1882, § 4545; Penal Code 1895, § 404; Penal Code 1910, § 395; Code 1933, § 26-6407; Code 1933, § 26-9907, enacted by Ga. L. 1968, p. 1249, § 1; Ga. L. 1969, p. 857, § 15.)

Cross references.

- Competency of witnesses generally, § 24-6-601 et seq.

Law reviews.

- For note discussing organized crime in Georgia with respect to the application of state gambling laws, and suggesting proposals for combatting organized crime, see 7 Ga. St. B.J. 124 (1970).

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Cited in Carter v. State, 129 Ga. App. 536, 199 S.E.2d 925 (1973).

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