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Title 5. APPEAL AND ERROR · Chapter 5. NEW TRIAL · Article 2. GROUNDS

5-5-23. Newly discovered evidence.

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  1. A new trial may be granted in any case where any material evidence, not merely cumulative or impeaching in its character but relating to new and material facts, is discovered by the applicant after the rendition of a verdict against him and is brought to the notice of the court within the time allowed by law for entertaining a motion for a new trial.

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. 1853-54, p. 46, § 1; Code 1863, § 3640; Code 1868, § 3665; Code 1873, § 3716; Code 1882, § 3716; Civil Code 1895, §§ 5480, 5481; Penal Code 1895, § 1061; Civil Code 1910, §§ 6085, 6086; Penal Code 1910, § 1088; Code 1933, § 70-204.

Cross references

Extraordinary motions for new trial, § 5-5-41.

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Text read from t4-6-(v4)-2013-pdf.pdf, Volume V4, 2013 edition, page 293; merge action: annotated; file SHA-256 290d3a1d6843.