Official Code of Georgia Annotated

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

17-8-73. Noncapital and capital felony cases; time limits on closing argument.

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In felony cases other than those involving capital felonies, counsel shall be limited in their closing arguments to one hour for each side. In cases involving capital felonies, counsel shall be limited to two hours for each side.

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.

Ga. L. 1924, p. 75, § 3; Code 1933, § 27-2204.

For annual survey of death penalty law, see 56 Mercer L. Rev. 197 (2004).

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

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