Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 5. APPEAL AND ERROR · Chapter 7. APPEAL OR CERTIORARI BY STATE IN CRIMINAL CASES

5-7-3. Right of certiorari or petition for review.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

A proceeding by certiorari or petition for review may be taken by and on behalf of the State of Georgia from one court to another court of this state, where the right of certiorari is provided as a procedure for appealing a judgment, in the specified situations set forth in Code Sections 5-7-1 and 5-7-2.

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. 1973, p. 297, § 3; Ga. L. 2023, p. 728, § 3/HB 186, effective July 1, 2023.

Amendments

The 2023 amendment, effective July 1, 2023, inserted “or petition for review” near the beginning of this Code section. See Editor’s notes for applicability.

Editor's notes

Ga. L. 2023, p. 728, § 5/HB 186, not codified by the General Assembly, provides, in part, that the amendment of this Code section applies to petitions for review filed in superior or state court on or after July 1, 2023.

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