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title: O.C.G.A. § 17-7-97. Proceedings upon failure of clerk to record arraignment and plea; effect of proceedings.
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# O.C.G.A. § 17-7-97. Proceedings upon failure of clerk to record arraignment and plea; effect of proceedings.

If the clerk of the court shall fail or neglect to record the arraignment and plea of the person accused of committing a crime at the time the arraignment and plea are made, the recordation may be done at any time afterward by order of the court; and this shall cure the error or omission of the clerk.

## History

Laws 1833, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 835; Code 1863, § 4527; Code 1868, § 4546; Code 1873, § 4640; Code 1882, § 4640; Penal Code 1895, § 948; Penal Code 1910, § 973; Code 1933, § 27-1406.

## Cross References

Effect of mistake or misprision of clerk or other ministerial officer generally, § 17-1-3.