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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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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

  1. (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.#

  2. (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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Text read from t15-ch1-11a-(v13)-2020-pdf.pdf, Volume V13, 2020 edition, page 1187; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 1f1f034443c3.