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2018 Georgia Code 42-4-11 | Car Wreck Lawyer

Link to State of Georgia Official Statute 2018 Georgia Code Annotated (sourced from legal.resource.org)

O.C.G.A. 42-4-11 Case Law from Google Scholar Amendments to OCGA 42-4-11

TITLE 42 PENAL INSTITUTIONS

Section 4. Jails, 42-4-1 through 42-4-105.

ARTICLE 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS

42-4-11. Procedure for transfer of person in custody upon change of venue.

In all cases in which a change of venue is made, the sheriff of the county from which a person in custody is to be moved shall carry the person to the county to which the change of venue was directed and deliver him to the sheriff of such county, who shall then take charge of the person as in other cases. The sheriff of the county from which the person is to be moved shall carry with him and deliver to the sheriff the warrant under which the person was arrested or the commitment.

(Ga. L. 1868, p. 133, § 1; Code 1873, § 4688; Code 1882, § 4688; Penal Code 1895, § 1129; Penal Code 1910, § 1158; Code 1933, § 77-112.)

Cross references.

- Change of venue generally, Ga. Const. 1983, Art. VI, Sec. II, Para. VIII and § 17-7-150 et seq.

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Official authorized to receive documents when change of venue granted.

- When in a criminal case a change of venue is granted, a certified copy of the order for that purpose is required to be transmitted to the clerk of the superior court of the county to which the change is made; but the original indictment and other papers in the case are required to be sent to that county. Graham v. State, 143 Ga. 440, 85 S.E. 328, 1917A Ann. Cas. 595 (1915).

Cited in Manders v. Lee, 338 F.3d 1304 (11th Cir. 2003).

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