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Título 24. EVIDENCE · Capítulo 5. PRIVILEGES

24-5-503. Husband and wife as witnesses for and against each other in criminal proceedings.

Vigente

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)

    A husband and wife shall be competent but shall not be compellable to give evidence in any criminal proceeding for or against each other.#

  2. (b)

    The privilege created by subsection (a) of this Code section or by corresponding privileges in paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of Code Section 24-5-501 or subsection (a) of Code Section 24-5-505 shall not apply in proceedings in which:#

    1. (1)

      The husband or wife is charged with a crime against the person of a child under the age of 18, but such husband or wife shall be compellable to give evidence only on the specific act for which the accused is charged;#

    2. (2)

      The husband or wife is charged with a crime against his or her spouse;#

    3. (3)

      The husband or wife is charged with causing physical damage to property belonging to the husband and wife or to their separate property; or#

    4. (4)

      The alleged crime against his or her current spouse occurred prior to the lawful marriage of the husband and wife.#

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, § 24-5-503, enacted by Ga. L. 2011, p. 99, § 2/HB 24; Ga. L. 2012, p. 105, § 1/HB 711.

Cross references

Competency of wife to testify against husband in proceeding against husband for abandonment of wife, § 19-10-2.

Law reviews

For note, “Circling the Wagons: Infor-mational Privacy and Family Testimonial Privileges,” see 20 Ga. L. Rev. 173 (1985). For article, “The Marital Privileges in Georgia: What You Should Know,” see 6 Ga. St. B.J. 8 (2001). For article on the 2012 amendment of this Code section, see 29 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 204 (2012). For note, “Mandatory Child Abuse Reporting Laws in Georgia: Strengthening Protection for Georgia’s Children,” see 31 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 643 (2015).

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

Texto leído de t24-ch1-7-(v20)-2023-pdf.pdf, Volumen V20, edición 2023, páginas 377 a 378; acción de fusión: carried; SHA-256 del archivo f2f9d1712dd4.