O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 17-10-42 (2019)

Preparation and filing of certification of execution

✓ 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 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.

History

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

Annotations

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. Law-

rence, 196 Ga. App. 202, 26 S.E.2d 251 (1943).

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. - 21 Am. Jur. 2d, Criminal Law, § 718 et seq.

C.J.S. - 24 C.J.S., Criminal Procedure and Rights of the Accused, § 2429 et seq.