Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 17. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE · Chapter 16. DISCOVERY · Article 2. MISDEMEANOR CASES

17-16-20. Applicability of article.

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The provisions of this article shall apply only to misdemeanor cases or to felony cases docketed, indicted, or in which an accusation was returned prior to January 1, 1995, if the prosecuting attorney and the defendant do not agree in writing that the provisions of Article 1 of this chapter shall apply.

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, § 17-16-20, enacted by Ga. L. 1994, p. 1895, § 4; Ga. L. 1995, p. 1250, § 3.

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For note on the 1995 amendment of this Code section, see 12 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 144 (1995).

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