Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 17. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE · Chapter 10. SENTENCE AND PUNISHMENT · Article 3. MENTALLY INCOMPETENT TO BE EXECUTED

17-10-65. Answer by respondent.

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As soon as possible after the filing and docketing of the application under this article, the respondent shall answer the application. The court may schedule a case for a hearing prior to the filing of responsive pleadings but, in any event, shall schedule the case for a hearing as soon as possible so that the proceedings may move expeditiously.

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, § 17-10-65, enacted by Ga. L. 1988, p. 1003, § 2.

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