Syfert Injury Law Firm

Your Trusted Partner in Personal Injury & Workers' Compensation

Call Now: 904-383-7448
Ga. Const. art. VI, § I, ¶ IX — Rules of evidence; law prescribed | Georgia Constitution

CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA

ARTICLE VI. JUDICIAL BRANCH

Paragraph IX. Rules of evidence; law prescribed.

All rules of evidence shall be as prescribed by law.

1976 Constitution.

- There was no similar provision in the 1976 Constitution.

Cross references.

- Evidence generally, T. 24.

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Application to O.C.G.A. § 24-7-702. - O.C.G.A. § 24-7-702(c)(2)(A), governing expert qualifications in medical malpractice cases, was not unconstitutionally vague, did not violate equal protection, separation of powers, or the right to jury trial, did not make irrevocable grants of special privileges and immunities, and was not a special law; however, the trial court erred in rejecting an expert simply because the expert had not performed the specific procedure at issue. The proper consideration was the expert's level of knowledge. Zarate-Martinez v. Echemendia, 299 Ga. 301, 788 S.E.2d 405 (2016).

Cited in Mitchell v. State, 301 Ga. 563, 802 S.E.2d 217 (2017).