Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 9. CIVIL PRACTICE · Chapter 14. HABEAS CORPUS · Article 2. PROCEDURE FOR PERSONS UNDER SENTENCE OF STATE COURT OF RECORD

9-14-47. Time for answer and hearing.

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

Except as otherwise provided in Code Section 9-14-47.1 with respect to petitions challenging for the first time state court proceedings resulting in a sentence of death, within 20 days after the filing and docketing of a petition under this article or within such further time as the court may set, the respondent shall answer or move to dismiss the petition. The court shall set the case for a hearing on the issues within a reasonable time after the filing of defensive pleadings.

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 1933, § 50-127, enacted by Ga. L. 1967, p. 835, § 3; Ga. L. 1995, p. 381, § 4.

Editor's notes

Ga. L. 1995, p. 381, § 1, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that ‘‘this Act shall be known and may be cited as the ‘Death Penalty Habeas Corpus Reform Act of 1995.’’’ Ga. L. 1995, p. 381, § 2, not codified by the General Assembly, provides for legislative intent and purpose for this Act.

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Text read from T09 Ch12-16 (V7A) 2015.pdf, Volume V7A, 2015 edition, page 371; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 c88496cf9e57.