2022 Georgia Code
Title 5 - Appeal and Error
Chapter 5 - New Trial
Article 2 - Grounds
§ 5-5-22. Illegal Admission or Exclusion of Evidence

Universal Citation:
GA Code § 5-5-22 (2022)
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The courts may grant new trials in all cases when any material evidence may be illegally admitted to or illegally withheld from the jury over the objection of the movant.

History. Ga. L. 1853-54, p. 46, § 1; Code 1863, § 3638; Code 1868, § 3663; Code 1873, § 3714; Code 1882, § 3714; Civil Code 1895, § 5478; Penal Code 1895, § 1059; Civil Code 1910, § 6083; Penal Code 1910, § 1086; Code 1933, § 70-203.

Cross references.

Evidence generally, T. 24.

Law reviews.

For article, “A Discussion of the 1957 Amendments to Rules of Practice and Procedure in Georgia,” see 19 Ga. B.J. 395 (1957).

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