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O.C.G.A. § 17-7-30 — Form of commitment | Georgia Code

O.C.G.A. § 17-7-30 (2018) Copy Cite Official Site Syfertize CourtListener Scholar Amendments

TITLE 17 CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

Section 7. Pretrial Proceedings, 17-7-1 through 17-7-211.

ARTICLE 2 COMMITMENT HEARINGS

17-7-30. Form of commitment.

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)

(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.)

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, § 563.

C.J.S.

- 22 C.J.S., Criminal Law, § 473 et seq.

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