O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 17-7-30 (2019)

Form of commitment

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)

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The following form, or one in substance the same, shall be deemed to be a sufficient commitment: Georgia, County.

(name of the defendant) having been arrested on a warrant for the offense of and brought before me, after hearing evidence it is ordered that he be committed for trial for the offense of . The jailer of said county (or any other county, if necessary) is required to receive and safely keep him until discharged by due process of law. Witness my hand and seal, this day of , .

Judicial officer (Seal)

History

Orig. Code 1863, § 4619; Code 1868, § 4641; Code 1873, § 4739; Code 1882, § 4739; Penal Code 1895,

§ 914; Penal Code 1910, § 939; Code 1933, § 27-409; Ga. L. 1999, p. 81, § 17.

Annotations

JUDICIAL DECISIONS Sheriff ’s duties as to custody, safety, and security of confinement. - Custody of a defendant, pending the defendant’s trial under an indictment for a criminal offense, is in the sheriff of the

county wherein the offense was committed, and the responsibility for defendant’s safe and secure confinement in jail is that of the sheriff. Howington v. Wilson, 213 Ga. 664, 100 S.E.2d 726 (1957).

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. - 21 Am. Jur. 2d, Criminal Law, § 554.

C.J.S. - 22 C.J.S., Criminal Procedure and Rights of the Accused, § 109 et seq.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 2020–2020 · leading case: Allen v. Deal (N.D. Ga. 2020).

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Allen v. Deal (N.D. Ga. 2020). · cites it 2× “Claim 1 Under Claim 1, Petitioner asserts that the judicial process was void because a O.C.G.A. § 17-7-30 competency motion was still pending at the time of his guilty plea.”

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