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title: O.C.G.A. § 17-8-72. Misdemeanors and cases arising from inferior judicatories; time limits on closing argument.
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# O.C.G.A. § 17-8-72. Misdemeanors and cases arising from inferior judicatories; time limits on closing argument.

In all misdemeanor cases and cases brought up from inferior judicatories, counsel for either party shall not occupy more than one-half hour in the whole discussion of the case after the evidence is closed without obtaining special leave of the court before the argument is opened.

## History

Ga. L. 1924, p. 75, § 2; Code 1933, § 27-2203.

## U.s. Code.

Closing arguments, Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, Rule 29.1.