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

O.C.G.A. § 17-8-35 (2019)

Effect of continuance by defendant upon trial of codefendants

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The continuance of a case by one of several defendants indicted jointly shall not operate as a continuance as to the other defendants objecting thereto.

History

Ga. L. 1858, p. 99, § 2; Code 1863, § 4575; Code 1868, § 4596; Code 1873, § 4693; Code 1882, § 4693; Penal

Code 1895, § 967; Penal Code 1910, § 993; Code 1933, § 27-2004.

Annotations

JUDICIAL DECISIONS Cited in Adams v. State, 129 Ga. App. 839, 201 S.E.2d 649 (1973). RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. - 21 Am. Jur. 2d, Criminal Law, §§ 280, 281. C.J.S. - 17 C.J.S., Continuances, § 1

et seq. 22A C.J.S., Criminal Procedure and Rights of the Accused, § 567 et seq.