Chapter 8. Trial

Article 1. General Provisions

• OCGA § 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
• OCGA § 17-8-2 Indictments and Special Presentments to Be Presented to Jury; Exception For Settlements Between Prosecutor and Defendant Which Are Approved By Court
• OCGA § 17-8-3 Entry of Nolle Prosequi
• OCGA § 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
• OCGA § 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
• OCGA § 17-8-6 Authority of Municipal Court to Seal Criminal Records

Article 2. Continuances

• OCGA § 17-8-20 Showing of Due Diligence Required of Applicants For Continuances Generally
• OCGA § 17-8-21 When Showing For Continuance Required of State
• OCGA § 17-8-22 Consideration of Motion For Continuance By Court Generally; Allowance of Counter-Showing to Motion
• OCGA § 17-8-23 Absence of Party As Grounds For Granting Continuance
• OCGA § 17-8-24 Absence Or Illness of Counsel As Grounds For Granting Continuance
• OCGA § 17-8-25 Absence of Witness As Grounds For Granting Continuance
• OCGA § 17-8-26 Party Or Party's Attorney In Attendance At General Assembly As Grounds For Granting Continuance
• OCGA § 17-8-27 Attorney General In Attendance At General Assembly As Grounds For Granting Continuance
• OCGA § 17-8-28 Witness In Attendance At General Assembly As Grounds For Granting Continuance
• OCGA § 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
• OCGA § 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
• OCGA § 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
• OCGA § 17-8-32 Effect of Admission By Opposing Party of Facts to Be Proved Upon Allowance of Continuance
• OCGA § 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
• OCGA § 17-8-34 Granting of Continuances In Cases Returned By Appellate Court For Trial
• OCGA § 17-8-35 Effect of Continuance By Defendant Upon Trial of Codefendants
• OCGA § 17-8-36 Entry of Date of Continuance Upon Docket of Court; Announcement of Continuance In Open Court
• OCGA § 17-8-37 Duration of Continuance
• OCGA § 17-8-38 Case Not Reached At Trial Term Continued

Article 3. Conduct of Proceedings

• OCGA § 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
• OCGA § 17-8-51 Admissibility of Testimony of Inmates In Trials For Crime of Mutiny
• OCGA § 17-8-52 Oath to Be Administered to Witnesses
• OCGA § 17-8-53 Exclusion of Public From Courtroom When Evidence Vulgar Or Obscene
• OCGA § 17-8-54 Persons In Courtroom When Person Under Age of 16 Testifies Concerning Sexual Offense
• OCGA § 17-8-55 Testimony of Child Less Than 17 Years Old Outside Physical Presence of Accused
• OCGA § 17-8-56 Writing Out and Reading of Charge to Jury; Filing of Charge; Furnishing of Copies of Charge
• OCGA § 17-8-57 Expression Or Intimation of Opinion By Judge As to Matters Proved Or Guilt of Accused
• OCGA § 17-8-58 Objections to Jury Charges Prior to the Jury Retiring to Deliberate; Failure to Raise Objections

Article 4. Conduct and Argument of Counsel

• OCGA § 17-8-70 Number of Counsel Permitted to Argue Case
• OCGA § 17-8-71 Order of Argument After Evidence Presented
• OCGA § 17-8-72 Misdemeanors and Cases Arising From Inferior Judicatories; Time Limits On Closing Argument
• OCGA § 17-8-73 Noncapital and Capital Felony Cases; Time Limits On Closing Argument
• OCGA § 17-8-74 Allowance of Additional Time For Closing Argument
• OCGA § 17-8-75 Improper Statements By Counsel
• OCGA § 17-8-76 Argument to Or In Front of Jury As to Possibility of Clemency