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title: O.C.G.A. § 17-8-35. Effect of continuance by defendant upon trial of codefendants.
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# O.C.G.A. § 17-8-35. Effect of continuance by defendant upon trial of codefendants.

The continuance of a case by one of several defendants indicted jointly shall not operate as a continuance as to the other defendants objecting thereto.

## History

Ga. L. 1858, p. 99, § 2; Code 1863, § 4575; Code 1868, § 4596; Code 1873, § 4693; Code 1882, § 4693; Penal Code 1895, § 967; Penal Code 1910, § 993; Code 1933, § 27-2004.