O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 17-12-14 (2019)

Applicability of article

✓ 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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Repealed by Ga. L 2003, p. 191, § 1, effective December 21, 2003.

Annotations

Editor’s notes. - This Code section was based on Ga. L. 1968, p. 999, § 13.

ARTICLE 1A REPRESENTATION OF INDIGENTS 17-12-19.1 through 17-12-19.14. Repealed by Ga. L. 2004, Ex. Sess., p. ES3, § 16/HB 1EX, effective December 31, 2004. Editor’s notes. - This article was based on Code 1981, §§ 17-12-19.1 - 17-12-19.14, enacted by

Ga. L. 2004, Ex. Sess., p. ES3, § 16/HB 1EX.

ARTICLE 2 PUBLIC DEFENDERS Editor’s notes. - Ga. L. 2003, p. 191, § 1, effective January 1, 2005, repealed the Code sections formerly codified as this

article and enacted the current article. The former article consisted of Code Sections 17-12-30 through 17-12-51 and was

based on Ga. L. 1979, p. 367, §§ 1-12, 14-16; Ga. L. 1990, p. 8, § 17; Ga. L. 1993, p. 308, §§ 1-3; Code 1981, § 17-12-38.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1994, p. 355, § 1; Code 1981, §§ 17-12-45 through 17-12-51 enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 1636, § 1; Ga. L. 1998, p. 128, § 17; Ga. L. 1998, p. 568, § 1.

U.S. Code. - Right to and assignment of counsel, Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, Rule 44.

Law reviews. - For article, ‘‘The Indigent Defendant in Georgia Prior to Gideon v. Wainwright,’’ see 2 Ga. St. B.J. 207 (1965). For article, ‘‘Privileging Public Defense Research,’’ see 69 Mercer L. Rev. 771 (2018). For note on the 2003 enactment of this article, see 20 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 105 (2003).

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. - 21A Am. Jur. 2d, Criminal Law, § 1085 et seq. C.J.S. - 22A C.J.S., Criminal Procedure and Rights of the Accused, §§ 725 et seq. 765 et seq.

ALR. - Construction and effect of statutes providing for office of public defender, 36 A.L.R.3d 1403. Public defender’s immunity from liability for malpractice, 6 A.L.R.4th 774.