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2025 Code of Georgia
Title 17 - Criminal Procedure (Chs. 1 — 22)
Chapter 10 - Sentence and Punishment (Arts. 1 — 3)
Article 3 - Mentally Incompetent to Be Executed (§§ 17-10-60 — 17-10-71)
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Editor’s notes.Ga. L. 1988, p. 1003, § 2, effective July 1, 1988, repealed the Code sections formerly codified at this article and enacted the current article. The former article consisted of Code Sections 17-10-60 through 17-10-63 and was based on Ga. L. 1981, Ex. Sess., p. 8 (Code enactment act).
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Cross references.Bails, fines, and punishments, U. S. Const., amend. 8.
Hierarchy Notes:O. C. G. A. Title 17
O. C. G. A. Title 17, Ch. 10
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O.C.G.A. Title 17, Ch. 10, Art. 3
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- § 17-10-60. "Mentally incompetent to be executed" defined
- § 17-10-61. No execution upon determination of mental incompetency to be executed
- § 17-10-62. Exclusive procedure for challenging mental competency to be executed
- § 17-10-63. Filing of application; contents
- § 17-10-64. Service of application
- § 17-10-65. Answer by respondent
- § 17-10-66. Examination of applicant
- § 17-10-67. When application to be filed
- § 17-10-68. Proof; disposition
- § 17-10-69. Prior adjudication as presumption of mental competency
- § 17-10-70. Appeals
- § 17-10-71. Procedure upon convicted person’s regaining mental competency
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