Georgia CommonsTítulo 17. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE · Capítulo 8. TRIAL · Artículo 4. CONDUCT AND ARGUMENT OF COUNSEL
17-8-71. Order of argument after evidence presented.
Actualizado hasta: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
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After the evidence is closed on both sides, the prosecuting attorney shall open and conclude the argument to the jury. The defendant shall be entitled to make a closing argument prior to the concluding argument of the prosecuting attorney.
History
Ga. L. 1851-52, p. 242, § 1; Code 1868, § 4551; Code 1873, § 4645; Code 1882, § 4645; Penal Code 1895, § 1029; Penal Code 1910, § 1055; Code 1933, § 27-2201; Ga. L. 2005, p. 20, § 10/HB 170.
Editor's notes
Ga. L. 2005, p. 20, § 1/HB 170, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: ‘‘This Act shall be known and may be cited as the ‘Criminal Justice Act of 2005.’’’ Ga. L. 2005, p. 20, § 17/HB 170, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that the 2005 amendment applies to all trials which commence on or after July 1, 2005.
Cross references
Right of district attorney to open and defendant or counsel to conclude argument in presentence hearings, § 17-10-2(a).
Law reviews
For annual survey article discussing developments in criminal law, see 51 Mercer L. Rev. 209 (1999). For annual survey of criminal law, see 56 Mercer L. Rev. 153 (2004). For comment on Park v. State, 224 Ga. 467, 162 S.E.2d 359 (1968), see 20 Mercer L. Rev. 318 (1969).
Otras notas
- U.S. Code.
- Closing arguments, Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, Rule 29.1.
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Actualizado hasta: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
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