O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 17-6-13 (2019)

First bail for offense permitted as matter of right; subsequent bails to be in discretion of court

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
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Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, each person who is entitled to bail under this article shall be permitted one bail for the same offense as a matter of right. Subsequent bails shall be in the discretion of the court.

History

Laws 1832, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 862; Code 1863, § 4625; Code 1868, § 4649; Code 1873, § 4747; Ga. L. 1878-79, p. 55, § 1; Code 1882, § 4747; Penal Code 1895, § 934; Penal Code 1910, § 959; Code 1933, § 27-903; Ga. L. 1971, p. 408, § 1; Ga. L. 1983, p. 452, § 2.

History of Code section. - The language in this Code section is derived in part from the decision in Newsome v. Scott, 151 Ga. 639, 107 S.E. 854 (1921).

Annotations

JUDICIAL DECISIONS Bail after conviction not covered by former Penal Code 1895, § 934 (see O.C.G.A. § 17-6-15). Vanderford v. Brand, 126 Ga. 67, 54 S.E. 822, 9 Ann. Cas. 617 (1906). Failure to appear in accordance with terms of bond will not authorize

court to punish for contempt. Collins v. State, 32 Ga. App. 450, 123 S.E. 723 (1924). Cited in Fleming v. Smith, 10 Ga. App. 701, 73 S.E. 1074 (1912); Knowles v. State, 166 Ga. 182, 142 S.E. 676 (1928).

RESEARCH REFERENCES C.J.S. - 8 C.J.S., Bail; Release and Detention Pending Proceedings, §§ 25 et seq., 34 et seq. ALR. - Failure to appear, and the like, resulting in forfeiture or conditional forfeiture of bail, as affecting right to second admission to bail in same noncapital criminal case, 29 A.L.R.2d 945.

Court’s power and duty, pending determination of habeas corpus proceeding on merits, to admit petition to bail, 56 A.L.R.2d 668. Pretrial preventive detention by state court, 75 A.L.R.3d 956.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1985–1994 · leading case: Pollard v. State, 333 S.E.2d 152 (Ga. Ct. App. 1985).
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Pollard v. State, 333 S.E.2d 152 (Ga. Ct. App. 1985). · cites it 2× “Slaton, District Attorney, Joseph J. Drolet, Jerry W.”
Deal v. State, 443 S.E.2d 713 (Ga. Ct. App. 1994). · cites it 2× “Pretermitting consideration of whether defendant’s absence due to hospitalization was “voluntary,” we conclude the State’s reliance on Byrd and similar waiver cases is misplaced because *132 in those cases the defendant was present when the trial began and subsequently failed to…”
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