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Título 15. COURTS · Capítulo 7. STATE COURTS OF COUNTIES · Artículo 3. PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE

15-7-42. Prosecution for misdemeanors; trials on merits conducted in open court; proceedings allowed in chambers.

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Actualizado hasta: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

El texto siguiente es la ley tal como la imprime el estado, en inglés.

  1. (a)

    The prosecution of misdemeanors may proceed by accusation as provided in Code Section 17-7-71, citation or citation and arrest as provided for by law, or summons.#

  2. (b)

    All trials on the merits shall be conducted in open court and, so far as convenient, in a regular courtroom.#

  3. (c)

    All other proceedings, hearings, and acts not included in subsection (b) of this Code section may be done or conducted by a judge in chambers and in the absence of the clerk or other court officials. The judge of the court may hear motions and enter interlocutory orders, in all cases pending in the court over which he or she presides, in open court or in chambers.#

Las notas siguientes se imprimen con la sección, pero no son ley promulgada (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). Se muestran aparte del texto.

History

Code 1981, § 15-7-42, enacted by Ga. L. 1983, p. 1419, § 2; Ga. L. 1984, p. 22, § 15; Ga. L. 2018, p. 550, § 2-2/SB 407. The 2018 amendment, effective July 1, 2018, added subsection (a); designated the existing provisions as subsections (b) and (c); and, in subsection (c), inserted ‘‘not included in subsection (b) of this Code section’’ in the middle of the first sentence and inserted ‘‘or she’’ near the end of the last sentence.

Law reviews

For article on the 2018 amendment of this Code section, see 35 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 45 (2018).

Leer la página oficial (el PDF del estado, abierto en la página de la que se leyó este texto).

Actualizado hasta: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

Texto leído de t15-ch1-11a-(v13)-2020-pdf.pdf, Volumen V13, edición 2020, páginas 400 a 401; acción de fusión: carried; SHA-256 del archivo 1f1f034443c3.