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

O.C.G.A. § 40-6-13 (2019)

Courts having jurisdiction to try offenses

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Any court having jurisdiction to try and dispose of traffic offenses shall have jurisdiction to try and dispose of the misdemeanor offenses provided for in Code Sections 40-6-10 and 40-6-11. Such jurisdiction shall be concurrent with the jurisdiction of any other court within the county having jurisdiction to try and dispose of such offenses.

History

(Code 1981, § 40-6-13, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 2048, § 5.)

Annotations

JUDICIAL DECISIONS Jurisdiction in state court of DeKalb County. - There was undisputed testimony that the misdemeanor crimes with which the defendant was charged and convicted occurred in DeKalb County, Georgia, and that the defendant was identified as the perpetrator of the

offenses; thus, the record affirmatively established that the state court of DeKalb County exercised both personal and subject matter jurisdiction over the defendant. Freeman v. State, 194 Ga. App. 905, 392 S.E.2d 330, cert. denied, 194 Ga. App. 911, 392 S.E.2d 330 (1990).