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2018 Georgia Code 5-7-6 | Car Wreck Lawyer

Link to State of Georgia Official Statute 2018 Georgia Code Annotated (sourced from legal.resource.org)
O.C.G.A. 5-7-6 Case Law from Google Scholar Amendments to OCGA 5-7-6

TITLE 5 APPEAL AND ERROR

Section 7. Appeal or Certiorari by State in Criminal Cases, 5-7-1 through 5-7-6.

ARTICLE 2 APPELLATE PRACTICE

5-7-6. Construction of chapter.

This chapter shall be liberally construed to effectuate the purposes stated in this chapter.

(Code 1981, §5-7-6, enacted by Ga. L. 2013, p. 222, § 3/HB 349.)

Effective date.

- This Code section became effective July 1, 2013. See editor's note for applicability.

Editor's notes.

- Ga. L. 2013, p. 222, § 21/HB 349, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: "This Act shall become effective on July 1, 2013, and shall apply to offenses which occur on or after that date. Any offense occurring before July 1, 2013, shall be governed by the statute in effect at the time of such offense."

Law reviews.

- For article, "Appeal and Error: Appeal or Certiorari by State in Criminal Cases," see 30 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 17 (2013).

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Cited in State v. Brown, 333 Ga. App. 643, 777 S.E.2d 27 (2015).

Cases Citing O.C.G.A. § 5-7-6

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State v. Wheeler, 849 S.E.2d 401 (Ga. 2020).

Cited 46 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Oct 5, 2020 | 310 Ga. 72

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State v. Rosenbaum, 826 S.E.2d 18 (Ga. 2019).

Cited 31 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Mar 11, 2019 | 305 Ga. 442

...have tacitly overruled any truly inconsistent holding") (Citations and punctuation omitted.). And, as we observed in Johnson v. State, 304 Ga. 369, 373 (2), 818 S.E.2d 601 (2018), the General Assembly in Ga. L. 2013, p. 222, §§ 3, 21 enacted OCGA § 5-7-6 ("This chapter shall be liberally construed to effectuate the purposes stated in this chapter") and made it applicable to offenses which occur on or after July 1, 2013. The State asserts that a de novo standard of review must be applied here....
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Denton v. Browns Mill Dev. Co., 561 S.E.2d 431 (Ga. 2002).

Cited 26 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Mar 27, 2002 | 275 Ga. 2

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Johnson v. State, 818 S.E.2d 601 (Ga. 2018).

Cited 10 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Aug 27, 2018 | 304 Ga. 369

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Roberts v. Deal, 723 S.E.2d 901 (Ga. 2012).

Cited 7 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Mar 19, 2012 | 290 Ga. 705, 2012 Fulton County D. Rep. 952

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Allen & Co. v. Georgia Nat'l Bank, 60 Ga. 347 (Ga. 1878).

Cited 2 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Jan 15, 1878

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Newton Timber Co., L.L.L.P. v. Monroe Cnty. Bd. of Tax Assessors, 295 Ga. 29 (Ga. 2014).

Cited 1 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Mar 10, 2014 | 755 S.E.2d 770, 2014 Fulton County D. Rep. 442

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State v. Rosenbaum, 305 Ga. 442 (Ga. 2019).

Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Mar 11, 2019

...ly overruled any truly inconsistent holding.”) (Citations, punctuation and emphasis omitted.) And, as we observed in Johnson v. State, 304 Ga. 369, 373 (2) (818 SE2d 601) (2018), the General Assembly in Ga. L. 2013, p. 222, §§ 3, 21 enacted OCGA § 5-7-6 (“This chapter shall be liberally construed to effectuate the purposes stated in this chapter.”) and made it applicable to offenses which occur on or after July 1, 2013. 13 requires us to...
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Johnson v. State, 304 Ga. 369 (Ga. 2018).

Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Aug 27, 2018

...must be construed strictly against the State and liberally in favor 9 of the interests of defendants.” State v. Outen, 289 Ga. 579, 581 (714 SE2d 581) (2011) (citation and punctuation omitted). Cf. OCGA § 5-7-6 (“This chapter shall be liberally construed to effectuate the purposes stated in this chapter.”); Ga. L. 2013, p. 222, §§ 3, 21 (enacting OCGA § 5-7-6 and applying it only to offenses which occur on or after July 1, 2013)....