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2021 Georgia Code
Title 17 - Criminal Procedure
Chapter 10 - Sentence and Punishment
Article 2 - Death Penalty Generally
§ 17-10-42. Preparation and Filing of Certification of Execution
Universal Citation: GA Code § 17-10-42 (2021)
The executioner and attending physicians shall certify the fact of the execution to the clerk of the superior court of the county in which the sentence was imposed, which certificate shall be filed by the clerk with the papers in the case.
(Ga. L. 1924, p. 195, § 5; Code 1933, § 27-2516.)
Cross references.- Maintenance of death records generally, § 31-10-17 et seq.
JUDICIAL DECISIONS
Cited in Meyers v. Whittle, 171 Ga. 509, 156 S.E. 120 (1930); Irwin v. Lawrence, 196 Ga. App. 202, 26 S.E.2d 251 (1943).
RESEARCH REFERENCES
Am. Jur. 2d.
- 21 Am. Jur. 2d, Criminal Law, § 718 et seq.
C.J.S.- 24 C.J.S., Criminal Procedure and Rights of the Accused, § 2429 et seq.
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