Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 17. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE · Chapter 16. DISCOVERY · Article 1. DEFINITIONS; FELONY CASES

17-16-3. Copy of indictment or accusation and list of witnesses furnished.

Active

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

Prior to arraignment, every person charged with a criminal offense shall be furnished with a copy of the indictment or accusation and a list of witnesses that may be supplemented pursuant to the other provisions of this article.

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, § 17-16-3, enacted by Ga. L. 1994, p. 1895, § 4; Ga. L. 1995, p. 1250, § 2.

Editor's notes

Ga. L. 1983, p. 503, § 1, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: ‘‘It is the intent of this Act to implement certain changes imposed by Article I, Section I, Paragraph XIV of the Constitution of the State of Georgia.’’

Cross references

Copy of indictment and list of witnesses to be furnished to defendant, Ga. Const. 1983, Art. I, Sec. I, Para. XIV. List of witnesses, Uniform Superior Court Rules, Rule 30.3. Motions, demurrers, special pleas, and similar items in criminal matters, Uniform Superior Court Rules, Rule 31. Pleadings by defendant, Uniform Superior Court Rules, Rule 33. Unified appeal, pre-trial proceedings, Uniform Superior Court Rules, Rule 34.3. Reply, Uniform State Court Rules, Rule 6.2. Filing and processing documents, Uniform State Court Rules, Rule 36.

Law reviews

For article discussing available means of discovery for criminal cases in Georgia, see 12 Ga. St. B.J. 134 (1976). For annual survey of criminal law, see 38 Mercer L. Rev. 129 (1986). For note, ‘‘Criminal Discovery: The Use of Notices to Produce,’’ see 30 Mercer L. Rev. 331 (1978). For note, ‘‘The Criminal Discovery Dilemma in Georgia,’’ see 34 Mercer L. Rev. 1113 (1983).

Read the official page (the state's PDF, opened at the page this text was read from).

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

Text read from t17-(v15)-2020-pdf.pdf, Volume V15, 2020 edition, page 1446; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 0b0d45f9c609.

Ask about this section

The answer is drawn from this section and, when they fit, the other sections of its chapter. It quotes the text and names the section for each claim. Not legal advice.