History. Laws 1833, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 840.; Ga. L. 1855-56, p. 265, § 1; Code 1863, §§ 39, 40, 4556, 4557, 4558; Code 1868, §§ 37, 38, 4576, 4577, 4578; Code 1873, §§ 35, 36, 4570, 4571, 4572, 4686; Code 1882, §§ 35, 36, 4570, 4571, 4572, 4686, 5172; Ga. L. 1895, p. 70, § 1; Penal Code 1895, §§ 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29; Penal Code 1910, §§ 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29; Code 1933, §§ 27-1101, 27-1102, 27-1103, 27-1104, 27-1105, 27-1106; Code 1933, § 26-302, enacted by Ga. L. 1968, p. 1249, § 1.
Cross references.
Venue generally, Ga. Const. 1983, Art. VI, Sec. II.
Venue for prosecution of actions for certain offenses involving theft, § 16-8-11 .
Venue for prosecution of actions for offense of theft by extortion, § 16-8-16 .
Change of venue, § 17-7-150 et seq.
U.S. Code.
Venue, Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, Rule 18.
Law reviews.
For article surveying developments in Georgia criminal law from mid-1980 through mid-1981, see 33 Mercer L. Rev. 95 (1981).
For annual survey of criminal law, see 38 Mercer L. Rev. 129 (1986).