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2018 Georgia Code 17-7-34 | Car Wreck Lawyer

Link to State of Georgia Official Statute 2018 Georgia Code Annotated (sourced from legal.resource.org)

O.C.G.A. 17-7-34 Case Law from Google Scholar Amendments to OCGA 17-7-34

TITLE 17 CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

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

ARTICLE 2 COMMITMENT HEARINGS

17-7-34. Effect of informality in commitment or prior proceedings.

No defendant shall be discharged on a writ of habeas corpus because of informality in the commitment or in the proceedings prior thereto, provided there has been substantial compliance with this article.

(Cobb's 1851 Digest, p. 856; Code 1863, § 4626; Code 1868, § 4650; Code 1873, § 4748; Code 1882, § 4748; Penal Code 1895, § 926; Penal Code 1910, § 951; Code 1933, § 27-422.)

Cross references.

- Further provisions regarding circumstances in which person shall not be discharged upon hearing of writ of habeas corpus, § 9-14-16.

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Writ of habeas corpus cannot be employed to correct errors or irregularities in the commitment hearing. The judgment committing the defendant must be absolutely void. Harris v. Norris, 188 Ga. 610, 4 S.E.2d 840 (1939).

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 21 Am. Jur. 2d, Criminal Law, §§ 554, 555, 562, 563.

C.J.S.

- 22 C.J.S., Criminal Law, § 471.

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