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O.C.G.A. § 36-32-10.2 (2019)

Trial upon citation, summons, or accusation

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
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Notwithstanding any other contrary provision of law, in municipal courts which have jurisdiction over misdemeanor offenses or ordinance violations, such offenses or violations may be tried upon a uniform traffic citation, summons, citation, or an accusation.

History

Code 1981, § 36-32-10.2, enacted by Ga. L. 2002, p. 627, § 1.

Annotations

Law reviews. - For article, ‘‘Should Georgia Change Its Misdemeanor Arrest Laws to Authorize Issuing More Field Citations? Can Alternative Arrest Process

Help Alleviate Georgia’s Jail Overcrowding and Reduce the Time Arresting Officers Expend Processing Nontraffic Misdemeanor Offenses?,’’ see 22 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 313 (2005).

JUDICIAL DECISIONS Cited in Beaman v. City of Peachtree City, 256 Ga. App. 62, 567 S.E.2d 715 (2002).

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 2002–2003 · leading case: Walker v. State, 574 S.E.2d 317 (Ga. Ct. App. 2003).
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Walker v. State, 574 S.E.2d 317 (Ga. Ct. App. 2003). · cites it 2× “Significantly, in Beaman , we recognized that the legislature recently enacted a Code section, OCGA § 36-32-10.2, which provides: “Notwithstanding any other contrary provision of law, in municipal courts which have jurisdiction over misdemeanor offenses or ordinance violations,…”
Beaman v. City of Peachtree City, 567 S.E.2d 715 (Ga. Ct. App. 2002). · cites it 2× “On May 9, 2002, the Governor signed into law a bill that added OCGA § 36-32-10.2, which states, “Notwithstanding any other contrary provision of law, in municipal courts which have jurisdiction over misdemeanor offenses or ordinance violations, such offenses or violations may be…”
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