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O.C.G.A. § 16-3-27 — Benefit of clergy | Georgia Code

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TITLE 16 CRIMES AND OFFENSES

Section 3. Defenses to Criminal Prosecutions, 16-3-1 through 16-3-40.

ARTICLE 2 JUSTIFICATION AND EXCUSE

16-3-27. Benefit of clergy.

Since it is no longer needed or appropriate, the ancient device of benefit of clergy shall not exist.

(Laws 1833, Cobb's 1851 Digest, p. 837; Code 1863, § 4547; Code 1868, § 4567; Code 1873, § 4661; Code 1882, § 4661; Penal Code 1895, § 17; Penal Code 1910, § 17; Code 1933, § 26-102; Code 1933, § 26-202, enacted by Ga. L. 1968, p. 1249, § 1.)

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Cited in Peavy v. State, 159 Ga. App. 280, 283 S.E.2d 346 (1981).

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