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2018 Georgia Code 24-6-654 | Car Wreck Lawyer

Link to State of Georgia Official Statute 2018 Georgia Code Annotated (sourced from legal.resource.org)
O.C.G.A. 24-6-654 Case Law from Google Scholar Amendments to OCGA 24-6-654

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

24-6-654. Indigent hearing impaired defendants to be provided with interpreters.

  1. A court shall provide a court qualified interpreter to any hearing impaired person whenever the hearing impaired person has been provided with a public defender or court appointed legal counsel.
  2. The court qualified interpreter authorized by this Code section shall be present at all times when the hearing impaired person is consulting with legal counsel.

(Code 1981, §24-6-654, enacted by Ga. L. 2011, p. 99, § 2/HB 24.)

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

Editor's notes.

- In light of the similarity of the statutory provisions, opinions under former O.C.G.A. § 24-9-108 are included in the annotations for this Code section.

Expenditure for interpreter for indigent criminal defendant.

- When the superior court exercises the court's discretion to appoint an interpreter for an indigent criminal defendant who neither speaks nor understands English, the court has inherent power to assess the cost of the interpreter against the county. 1989 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U89-24 (decided under former O.C.G.A. § 24-9-108).

Cases Citing O.C.G.A. § 24-6-654

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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

...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....

Birdow v. State (Ga. 2019).

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

...on 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....