Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 17. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE · Chapter 7. PRETRIAL PROCEEDINGS · Article 5. ARRAIGNMENT AND PLEAS GENERALLY

17-7-94. Recordation and effect of plea of ‘‘not guilty’’ or of standing mute.

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If the person accused of committing a crime, upon being arraigned, pleads ‘‘not guilty’’ or stands mute, the clerk shall immediately record upon the minutes of the court the plea of ‘‘not guilty,’’ together with the arraignment; and the arraignment and plea shall constitute the issue between the accused and the state.

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

Laws 1833, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 834; Code 1863, § 4525; Code 1868, § 4544; Code 1873, § 4638; Code 1882, § 4638; Penal Code 1895, § 947; Penal Code 1910, § 972; Code 1933, § 27-1405.

Law reviews

For article surveying the law in Georgia on admissions, see 8 Mercer L. Rev. 252 (1957).

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