Georgia Code
Article 2 - Death Penalty Generally
§ 17-10-40. Change of Time Period for Execution When Time Period Set for Execution Has Passed; Recordation on Court Minutes; Length of and Time Limitation for New Time Period for Execution; Setting Day and Time for Execution

History. Ga. L. 1924, p. 195, § 7; Code 1933, § 27-2518; Ga. L. 1983, p. 665, § 2; Ga. L. 1985, p. 1463, § 2.
Code Commission notes.
Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1985, “Offender Rehabilitation” was changed to “Corrections” in subsection (c).

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Title 17 - Criminal Procedure

Chapter 10 - Sentence and Punishment

Article 2 - Death Penalty Generally

§ 17-10-30. Procedure for Imposition of Death Penalty Generally

§ 17-10-31. Requirement of Jury Finding of Aggravating Circumstance and Recommendation of Death Penalty Prior to Imposition; Arguments of Counsel During Sentencing Phase; Jury Instructions; Actions of Judge in Event of Failure to Reach Unanimous Verd...

§ 17-10-32. Sentencing of Person Indicted for Capital Offense to Life Imprisonment or Other Punishment Upon Plea of Guilty

§ 17-10-33. Imposition of Sentence of Death Upon Judgment of Death; to Whom Copies of Sentence Sent; Conveying Defendant to State Correctional Institution; Expenses of Transporting Defendant

§ 17-10-34. Sentence to Specify Time Period for and Place of Execution; Appointing Time Period for Execution of Pregnant Female