Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 15. COURTS · Chapter 11. JUVENILE CODE · Article 6. DELINQUENCY · Part 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

15-11-480. When jeopardy attaches.

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(a)
When a child enters a denial to a petition alleging his or her delinquency, jeopardy attaches when the first witness is sworn at the adjudication hearing.#
(b)
When a child enters an admission to a petition alleging his or her delinquency, jeopardy attaches when the court accepts the admission.#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Code 1981, § 15-11-480, enacted by Ga. L. 2013, p. 294, § 1-1/HB 242.

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