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title: Title 17, Chapter 16. Discovery
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date: 2025
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heading: DISCOVERY
title_heading: CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
section_count: 14
full_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-16.md?full=1
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# Title 17, Chapter 16. Discovery

Title 17. Criminal Procedure

14 sections. Each line is `citation, catchline, status, URL`; the text of every section, in order, is at https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-16.md?full=1 (capped, with a pointer to continue).

- 17-16-1, Definitions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-16-1.md
- 17-16-2, Applicability of article, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-16-2.md
- 17-16-3, Copy of indictment or accusation and list of witnesses furnished, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-16-3.md
- 17-16-4, Disclosure required by prosecuting attorney and defendant; inspections allowed; reducing oral reports to writing; continuing duty to disclose; discovery creating threat of physical or economic harm, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-16-4.md
- 17-16-5, Alibi witnesses, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-16-5.md
- 17-16-6, Failure to comply with discovery requirements, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-16-6.md
- 17-16-7, Statements of witnesses, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-16-7.md
- 17-16-8, Lists of names and information concerning witnesses, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-16-8.md
- 17-16-9, Reimbursement for costs, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-16-9.md
- 17-16-10, Material or information already furnished; who may be called as witness, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-16-10.md
- 17-16-20, Applicability of article, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-16-20.md
- 17-16-21, Right of the defendant to copy of indictment or accusation and list of witnesses; confidentiality for law enforcement personal information, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-16-21.md
- 17-16-22, Right of defendant to copy of statement given while in police custody; failure of prosecution to comply; evidence discovered after filing of request, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-16-22.md
- 17-16-23, Right of defendant to copies of written scientific reports; failure to comply, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-16-23.md