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2018 Georgia Code 45-16-20 | Car Wreck Lawyer

Link to State of Georgia Official Statute 2018 Georgia Code Annotated (sourced from legal.resource.org)
O.C.G.A. 45-16-20 Case Law from Google Scholar Amendments to OCGA 45-16-20

TITLE 45 PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

Section 16. Coroners, 45-16-1 through 45-16-80.

ARTICLE 2 DEATH INVESTIGATIONS

45-16-20. Short title.

This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Georgia Death Investigation Act."

(Ga. L. 1953, Jan.-Feb. Sess., p. 602, § 1; Ga. L. 1990, p. 1735, § 3.)

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Cited in Jackson v. State, 208 Ga. App. 391, 430 S.E.2d 781 (1993).

RESEARCH REFERENCES

ALR.

- Civil liability in conjunction with autopsy, 97 A.L.R.5th 419.

Cases Citing O.C.G.A. § 45-16-20

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State v. Turner, 818 S.E.2d 589 (Ga. 2018).

Cited 13 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Aug 27, 2018 | 304 Ga. 356

...arch the home, and that they did not believe a crime had occurred when the search of the home took place. Instead, the officers and Alcarez explained that their investigation was done pursuant to Georgia's Death Investigation Act. See generally OCGA § 45-16-20 (2015) et seq.5 In total, law enforcement remained in Appellee's home for approximately three hours questioning witnesses, searching, photographing and videotaping the home, and seizing evidence. *593In granting Appellee's motion to supp...
...oluntarily consent to the search of her home but merely acquiesced to the authority of law enforcement. 2. Next, the State argues that, because the coroner led the investigation at the Turner residence under Georgia's Death Investigation Act ( OCGA § 45-16-20 et seq....
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State v. Turner, 304 Ga. 356 (Ga. 2018).

Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Aug 27, 2018

...search the home, and that they did not believe a crime had occurred when the search of the home took place. Instead, the officers and Alcarez explained that their investigation was done pursuant to Georgia’s Death Investigation Act. See generally OCGA § 45-16-20 et seq.5 In total, law enforcement remained in Appellee’s home for approximately three hours questioning witnesses, searching, photographing and videotaping the home, and seizing evidence. In granting Appellee’s motion to sup...