O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 17-12-37 (2019)

Effective date 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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This article shall become effective on January 1, 2005; provided, however, that the council and the circuit public defender selection panels shall be authorized to take administrative actions as may be

necessary or appropriate to prepare for and phase-in full implementation of this article on or after December 31, 2003.

History

Code 1981, § 17-12-37, enacted by Ga. L. 2003, p. 191, § 1.

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Annotations

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 L. 2003, p. 191, § 1, effective January 1, 2005, repealed the Code sections formerly codified as this article and enacted the current article.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 17-12-60 through 17-12-62, relating to defense of indigents in capital cases, and was based on Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 478, §§ 1-3; Ga. L. 1990, p. 8,

§ 17; Ga. L. 1992, p. 1963, § 1; Ga. L. 1993, p. 1402, § 18. Law reviews. - For article, ‘‘See One, Do One, Teach One: Dissecting the Use of Medical Education’s Signature Pedagogy in the Law School Curriculum,’’ see 26 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 361 (2010). For note on the 2003 enactment of this article, see 20 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 105 (2003).

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 1991–1992 · leading case: Sacandy v. Walther, 413 S.E.2d 727 (Ga. 1992).

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Sacandy v. Walther, 413 S.E.2d 727 (Ga. 1992). · cites it 4× “NOTES [1] Local governing committees, as defined in OCGA § 17-12-37 (b) may elect to provide indigent defense services through a public defender system, panel of private lawyers, a legal aid and defender society, a contract system or a combination of the foregoing to provide…”

McCorkle v. Bignault, 399 S.E.2d 916 (Ga. 1991). · cites it 2× “As required by OCGA § 17-12-37, a tripartite committee was established to implement and manage the county’s indigent defense program.”

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