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2023 CODE OF GEORGIA
Title 5 - APPEAL AND ERROR (§§ 5-1-1 — 5-7-6)
Chapter 5 - NEW TRIAL (§§ 5-5-1 — 5-5-51)
Article 2 - GROUNDS (§§ 5-5-20 — 5-5-25)
Section 5-5-23 - Newly discovered evidence
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GA Code § 5-5-23 (2023)
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A new trial may be granted in any case where any material evidence, not merely cumulative or impeaching in its character but relating to new and material facts, is discovered by the applicant after the rendition of a verdict against him and is brought to the notice of the court within the time allowed by law for entertaining a motion for a new trial.
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