O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 24-5-504 (2019)

Law enforcement officer or nonsworn employee of law enforcement agency testimony

✓ 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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Any law enforcement officer or nonsworn employee of a law enforcement agency testifying in his or her official capacity in any criminal proceeding shall not be compelled to reveal his or her home address. Such officer or employee may be required to divulge the business address of his or her employer, and the court may require any law enforcement officer or nonsworn employee of a law enforcement agency to answer questions as to his or her home address whenever such fact may be material to any issue in the proceeding.

History

Code 1981, § 24-5-504, enacted by Ga. L. 2011, p. 99, § 2/HB 24; Ga. L. 2023, p. 87, § 3/HB 139, effective July 1, 2023. The 2023 amendment, effective July 1, 2023, inserted “or nonsworn employee

of a law enforcement agency” in the first and second sentences and inserted “or employee” at the beginning of the second sentence.

Annotations

RESEARCH REFERENCES ALR. Right to cross-examine witness as to his place of residence, 85 A.L.R.3d 541.