--- title: Title 17, Chapter 8. Trial collection: code id: code:chapter:17-8 canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/title/17/chapter/8 md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-8.md date: 2025 status: active corpus_version: 2025-supplement-89aa39ab3c68 license: CC0-1.0 publisher: Georgia Commons, an independent project of Georgia Civic Data. Not the State of Georgia. Not legal advice. up: https://georgiacommons.org/code/17.md previous: https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-7.md next: https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-9.md index: https://georgiacommons.org/code/index.md heading: TRIAL title_heading: CRIMINAL PROCEDURE section_count: 41 full_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-8.md?full=1 --- # Title 17, Chapter 8. Trial Title 17. Criminal Procedure 41 sections. Each line is `citation, catchline, status, URL`; the text of every section, in order, is at https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-8.md?full=1 (capped, with a pointer to continue). - 17-8-1, Cases to be called in order in which they stand on docket; exceptions; preferred scheduling when alleged victim is disabled adult or elder person, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-8-1.md - 17-8-2, Indictments and special presentments to be presented to jury; exception for settlements between prosecutor and defendant which are approved by court, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-8-2.md - 17-8-3, Entry of nolle prosequi, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-8-3.md - 17-8-4, Procedure for trial of jointly indicted defendants; right of defendants to testify for or against one another; order of separate trials; acquittal or conviction where offense requires joint action or concurrence; number of strikes allowed defendants, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-8-4.md - 17-8-5, Recordation of testimony in felony cases; entering testimony on minutes of court where guilty verdict found; preparation of transcript where death sentence imposed; preparation of transcript where mistrial results in felony case, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-8-5.md - 17-8-6, Authority of municipal court to seal criminal records, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-8-6.md - 17-8-20, Showing of due diligence required of applicants for continuances generally, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-8-20.md - 17-8-21, When showing for continuance required of state, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-8-21.md - 17-8-22, Consideration of motion for continuance by court generally; allowance of counter-showing to motion, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-8-22.md - 17-8-23, Absence of party as grounds for granting continuance, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-8-23.md - 17-8-24, Absence or illness of counsel as grounds for granting continuance, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-8-24.md - 17-8-25, Absence of witness as grounds for granting continuance, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-8-25.md - 17-8-26, Party or party’s attorney in attendance at General Assembly as grounds for granting continuance, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-8-26.md - 17-8-27, Attorney General in attendance at General Assembly as grounds for granting continuance, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-8-27.md - 17-8-28, Witness in attendance at General Assembly as grounds for granting continuance, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-8-28.md - 17-8-29, Party or party’s counsel in attendance at meeting of Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia as grounds for granting continuance, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-8-29.md - 17-8-30, Party or party’s counsel in attendance at meeting of Board of Human Services or Board of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities as grounds for granting continuance, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-8-30.md - 17-8-31, Party, leading attorney, or material witness in attendance on active duty as member of National Guard or component of armed forces of the United States as grounds for granting continuance; setting bail in certain cases, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-8-31.md - 17-8-32, Effect of admission by opposing party of facts to be proved upon allowance of continuance, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-8-32.md - 17-8-33, Granting of continuances where indictment found or accusation made; continuance where material witness unavailable; continuances required by principles of justice; granting of continuance where postponement possible to later date in term, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-8-33.md - 17-8-34, Granting of continuances in cases returned by appellate court for trial, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-8-34.md - 17-8-35, Effect of continuance by defendant upon trial of codefendants, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-8-35.md - 17-8-36, Entry of date of continuance upon docket of court; announcement of continuance in open court, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-8-36.md - 17-8-37, Duration of continuance, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-8-37.md - 17-8-38, Case not reached at trial term continued, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-8-38.md - 17-8-50, Courts in which trials of inmates escaping from correctional institutions to take place; admissibility of records pertaining to former trials of such inmates; testimony of other inmates, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-8-50.md - 17-8-51, Admissibility of testimony of inmates in trials for crime of mutiny, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-8-51.md - 17-8-52, Oath to be administered to witnesses, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-8-52.md - 17-8-53, Exclusion of public from courtroom when evidence vulgar or obscene, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-8-53.md - 17-8-54, Persons in courtroom when person under age of 16 testifies concerning sexual offense, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-8-54.md - 17-8-55, Testimony of child less than 17 years old outside physical presence of accused, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-8-55.md - 17-8-56, Writing out and reading of charge to jury; filing of charge; furnishing of copies of charge, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-8-56.md - 17-8-57, Expression or intimation of opinion by judge as to matters proved or guilt of accused, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-8-57.md - 17-8-58, Objections to jury charges prior to the jury retiring to deliberate; failure to raise objections, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-8-58.md - 17-8-70, Number of counsel permitted to argue case, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-8-70.md - 17-8-71, Order of argument after evidence presented, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-8-71.md - 17-8-72, Misdemeanors and cases arising from inferior judicatories; time limits on closing argument, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-8-72.md - 17-8-73, Noncapital and capital felony cases; time limits on closing argument, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-8-73.md - 17-8-74, Allowance of additional time for closing argument, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-8-74.md - 17-8-75, Improper statements by counsel, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-8-75.md - 17-8-76, Argument to or in front of jury as to possibility of clemency, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/17-8-76.md