17-10-71
Code Resources
Georgia Resources
Georgia Website
Georgia Governor
Georgia Legislature
Georgia Courts
Search this Code
in Google Scholar
on the Web
Google Web Search
MSN Web Search
Yahoo! Web Search
in the News
Google News Search
Google News Archive Search
Yahoo! News Search
in the Blogs
BlawgSearch.com Search
Google Blog Search
Technorati Blog Search
in other Databases
Google Book Search
17-10-71.
If
a convicted person under sentence of death who is found to be mentally
incompetent to be executed under this article regains his or her mental
competency, the fact shall be certified at once by the appropriate mental health
official to the court initially making the finding of mental incompetency. Upon
such certification, that court shall enter an appropriate order noting receipt
of certification and vacating any previously entered stay of execution. A copy
of such order shall be sent to the sentencing court, at which time the
sentencing court shall fix a new time period for execution as provided in Code
Section 17-10-40. The judge of the court which made the determination on the
issue of mental competency shall cause the new order and other proceedings in
the case to be presented on the minutes of the court.