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2018 Georgia Code 24-6-651 | Car Wreck Lawyer

Link to State of Georgia Official Statute 2018 Georgia Code Annotated (sourced from legal.resource.org)
O.C.G.A. 24-6-651 Case Law from Google Scholar Amendments to OCGA 24-6-651

TITLE 24 EVIDENCE

Section 6. Witnesses, 24-6-601 through 24-6-658.

ARTICLE 3 USE OF SIGN LANGUAGE AND INTERMEDIARY INTERPRETER IN ADMINISTRATIVE AND JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS

24-6-651. Definitions.

As used in this article, the term:

  1. "Agency" means any agency, authority, board, bureau, committee, commission, court, department, or jury of the legislative, judicial, or executive branch of government of this state or any political subdivision thereof.
  2. "Court qualified interpreter" means any person licensed as an interpreter for the hearing impaired pursuant to Code Section 15-1-14.
  3. "Hearing impaired person" means any person whose hearing is totally impaired or whose hearing is so seriously impaired as to prohibit the person from understanding oral communications when spoken in a normal conversational tone.
  4. "Intermediary interpreter" means any person, including any hearing impaired person, who is able to assist in providing an accurate interpretation between spoken English and sign language or between the variance of sign language by acting as an intermediary between a hearing impaired person and a qualified interpreter.
  5. "Proceeding" means any meeting, hearing, trial, investigation, or other proceeding of any nature conducted by an agency.
  6. "Qualified interpreter" means any person certified as an interpreter for hearing impaired persons by the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf or a court qualified interpreter.

(Code 1981, §24-6-651, enacted by Ga. L. 2011, p. 99, § 2/HB 24.)

Cases Citing O.C.G.A. § 24-6-651

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Birdow v. State, 823 S.E.2d 736 (Ga. 2019).

Cited 14 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Feb 4, 2019 | 305 Ga. 48

...mandated that, upon timely request, courts must provide hearing impaired persons represented by appointed counsel with the assistance of court-qualified sign language interpreters at all court proceedings to which they are a witness or party. OCGA §§ 24-6-651 ; 24-6-654. Although Birdow is hearing-impaired, the record reflects that he did not request the assistance of a sign-language interpreter during pre-trial proceedings or at trial....
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Harris v. State, 837 S.E.2d 777 (Ga. 2020).

Cited 5 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Jan 13, 2020 | 307 Ga. 657

...t is undisputed that Harris can read and write the English language. The record supports the trial court’s finding that Harris’ statement to Officer Figueroa was freely and voluntarily made. Consequently, offense. 7 OCGA § 24-6-651 (6) provides: “‘Qualified interpreter’ means any person certified as an interpreter for hearing impaired persons by the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf or a court qualified interpreter.”...

Birdow v. State (Ga. 2019).

Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Feb 4, 2019 | 307 Ga. 657

...ated that, upon timely request, courts must provide hearing impaired persons represented by appointed counsel with the assistance of court-qualified sign language interpreters at all court proceedings to which they are a witness or party. OCGA §§ 24-6-651; 24-6-654. Although Birdow is hearing-impaired, the record reflects that he did not request the assistance of a sign-language interpreter during pre-trial proceedings or at trial....