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O.C.G.A. § 17-10-42 — Preparation and filing of certification of execution | Georgia Code

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TITLE 17 CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

Section 10. Sentence and Punishment, 17-10-1 through 17-10-71.

ARTICLE 2 DEATH PENALTY GENERALLY

17-10-42. Preparation and filing of certification of execution.

The executioner and attending physicians shall certify the fact of the execution to the clerk of the superior court of the county in which the sentence was imposed, which certificate shall be filed by the clerk with the papers in the case.

(Ga. L. 1924, p. 195, § 5; Code 1933, § 27-2516.)

Cross references.

- Maintenance of death records generally, § 31-10-17 et seq.

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Cited in Meyers v. Whittle, 171 Ga. 509, 156 S.E. 120 (1930); Irwin v. Lawrence, 196 Ga. App. 202, 26 S.E.2d 251 (1943).

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 21 Am. Jur. 2d, Criminal Law, §§ 747, 748, 750. 60 Am. Jur. 2d, Penal and Correctional Institutions, § 9.

C.J.S.

- 24 C.J.S., Criminal Law, § 2192 et seq.

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