2020 Georgia Code
Title 17 - Criminal Procedure
Chapter 8 - Trial

- Guarantee of trial by jury, Ga. Const. 1983, Art. I, Sec. I, Para. XI.

Criminal penalties for unlawfully influencing jurors, influencing witnesses, tampering with evidence, and other acts, § 16-10-90 et seq.

Trial calendar, Uniform State Court Rules, Rule 8.3.

- For annual survey article discussing developments in criminal law, see 52 Mercer L. Rev. 167 (2000).

- Trials, Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, Rules 23-31.

RESEARCH REFERENCES

ALR.

- Criminal trial of deaf, mute, or blind person, 80 A.L.R.2d 1084.

When does jeopardy attach in a nonjury trial, 49 A.L.R.3d 1039.

Jury's discussion of parole law as ground for reversal or new trial, 21 A.L.R.4th 420.

Propriety and effect of jurors' discussion of evidence among themselves before final submission of criminal case, 21 A.L.R.4th 444.

Competency of nonexpert witness to testify, in criminal case, based upon personal observation, as to whether person was under the influence of drugs, 21 A.L.R.4th 905.

Validity and efficacy of minor's waiver of right to counsel - modern cases, 25 A.L.R.4th 1072.

Impeachment of defendant in criminal case by showing defendant's prearrest silence - state cases, 35 A.L.R.4th 731.

Right of accused, in state criminal trial, to insist, over prosecutor's or court's objection, on trial by court without jury, 37 A.L.R.4th 304.

Exclusion of public from state criminal trial in order to prevent disturbance by spectators or defendant, 55 A.L.R.4th 1170.

Exclusion of public from state criminal trial in order to avoid intimidation of witness, 55 A.L.R.4th 1196.

Closed-circuit television witness examination, 61 A.L.R.4th 1155.

Disqualification from criminal proceeding of trial judge who earlier presided over disposition of case of coparticipant, 72 A.L.R.4th 651.

Adverse presumption or inference based on party's failure to produce or examine spouse - modern cases, 79 A.L.R.4th 694.

Adverse presumption or inference based on party's failure to produce or examine friend - modern cases, 79 A.L.R.4th 779.

Propriety of substituting juror in bifurcated state trial after end of first phase and before second phase is given to jury, 89 A.L.R.4th 423.

Actions by state official involving defendant as constituting "outrageous" conduct violating due process guaranties, 18 A.L.R.5th 1.