24-8-802. Hearsay rule.

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Hearsay shall not be admissible except as provided by this article; provided, however, that if a party does not properly object to hearsay, the objection shall be deemed waived, and the hearsay evidence shall be legal evidence and admissible.

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

Code 1981, § 24-8-802, enacted by Ga. L. 2011, p. 99, § 2/HB 24.

Cross references

The rule against hearsay, Fed. R. Evid. 802.

Law reviews

For article, “Dancing with the Big Boys: Georgia Adopts (most of) the Federal Rules of Evidence,” see 63 Mercer L. Rev. 1 (2011). For annual survey on evidence, see 73 Mercer L. Rev. 111 (2021).

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