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title: O.C.G.A. § 17-8-22. Consideration of motion for continuance by court generally; allowance of counter-showing to motion.
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# O.C.G.A. § 17-8-22. Consideration of motion for continuance by court generally; allowance of counter-showing to motion.

All applications for continuances are addressed to the sound legal discretion of the court and, if not expressly provided for, shall be granted or refused as the ends of justice may require. In all cases the presiding judges may, in their discretion, admit a counter-showing to a motion for a continuance and, after a hearing, may decide whether the motion shall prevail.

## History

Orig. Code 1863, § 3460; Code 1868, § 3480; Ga. L. 1871-72, p. 49, § 1; Ga. L. 1872, p. 41, § 1; Code 1873, § 3531; Code 1882, § 3531; Civil Code 1895, § 5138; Penal Code 1895, § 966; Civil Code 1910, § 5724; Penal Code 1910, § 992; Code 1933, § 81-1419.

## Cross References

Corresponding provision relating to civil procedure, § 9-10-167.

## Law Reviews

For annual survey of criminal law, see 38 Mercer L. Rev. 129 (1986).

For comment on Cannady v. State, 190 Ga. 227, 9 S.E.2d 241 (1940), see 3 Ga. B.J. 55 (1940).