O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A. § 17-7-29 (2019)
Commitment of defendant for different offense than stated in warrant
✓ 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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A court of inquiry may commit the defendant for a different offense than that stated in the warrant if the evidence requires it.
History
Orig. Code 1863, § 6422; Code 1868, § 4646; Code 1873, § 4744; Code 1882, § 4744; Penal Code 1895,
§ 913; Penal Code 1910, § 938; Code 1933, § 27-408.
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
Annotations
JUDICIAL DECISIONS
Determination of nature of crime. - Nature of the crime in an indictment or accusation is to be determined from the description of the crime contained in the indictment or accusation; that is, from the
acts alleged to have been committed which are contrary to the laws of the state. Wiley v. State, 124 Ga. App. 654, 185 S.E.2d 582 (1971).
RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. - 21 Am. Jur. 2d, Criminal Law, §§ 554, 555.