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Title 17. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE · Chapter 8. TRIAL · Article 2. CONTINUANCES

17-8-21. When showing for continuance required of state.

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

  1. In all cases in which the defendant cannot, according to law, demand a speedy trial, a continuance shall not be granted to the state, except upon a reasonable showing therefor.

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

Ga. L. 1862-63, p. 138, § 1; Code 1863, § 4592; Code 1868, § 4613; Code 1873, § 4710; Code 1882, § 4710; Penal Code, § 960; Penal Code, § 985; Code 1933, § 27-2001; Ga. L. 2006, p. 893, § 4/HB 1421.

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