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

O.C.G.A. § 42-4-11 (2019)

Transfer procedure upon change of venue

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
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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.

History

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

Annotations

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, 1915 Ga. LEXIS 478 (1915).

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 2002–2002 · leading case: Willie Santonio Manders v. Thurman Lee, 338 F.3d 1304 (11th Cir. 2002).
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Willie Santonio Manders v. Thurman Lee, 338 F.3d 1304 (11th Cir. 2002). “O.C.G.A. § 42-4-11. Another class of inmates in the county jails are those serving state sentences for felonies.”
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