Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 17. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE · Chapter 8. TRIAL · Article 4. CONDUCT AND ARGUMENT OF COUNSEL

17-8-70. Number of counsel permitted to argue case.

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Not more than two counsel shall be permitted to argue any case for each side, except by express leave of the court. In no case shall more than one counsel for each side be heard in conclusion.

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. 1924, p. 75, § 1; Code 1933, § 27-2202.

Law reviews

For annual survey of criminal law, see 56 Mercer L. Rev. 153 (2004).

Other notes

U.S. Code.: Closing arguments, Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, Rule 29.1.

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