O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 17-11-3 (2019)

Liability of defendant for costs of inquest

✓ 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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Any person convicted of murder or manslaughter in a case where an inquest has been held concerning the cause of death of the victim shall be charged for the costs of the inquest as part of the costs of prosecution.

History

Orig. Code 1863, § 572; Code 1868, § 636; Code 1873, § 595; Code 1882, § 595; Penal Code 1895, § 1080; Penal Code 1910, § 1107; Code 1933, § 27-2803.

Annotations

Law reviews. - For article on whether one’s property is forfeited after a conviction based on a nolo contendere plea, see 13 Ga. L. Rev. 723 (1979).

JUDICIAL DECISIONS This section was an exception to the general rule as to how fees shall be paid. Davis v. County of Bibb, 116 Ga. 23, 42 S.E. 403 (1902).

Cited in Lumpkin County v. Davis, 185 Ga. 393, 195 S.E. 169 (1938).

RESEARCH REFERENCES ALR. - Items of cost of prosecution for which defendant may be held, 65 A.L.R.2d 854.