Georgia Code
Article 5 - Arraignment and Pleas Generally
§ 17-7-93. Reading of Indictment or Accusation; Answer of Accused to Charge; Recordation of “Guilty” Plea and Pronouncement of Judgment; Withdrawn Guilty Pleas; Pleas by Immigrants

History. Laws 1833, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 834; Code 1863, § 4524; Code 1868, § 4543; Code 1873, § 4636; Code 1882, § 4636; Penal Code 1895, § 946; Penal Code 1910, § 971; Code 1933, § 27-1404; Ga. L. 2000, p. 808, § 1; Ga. L. 2011, p. 99, § 31/HB 24.
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 2011, p. 99, § 101/HB 24, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that this Act shall apply to any motion made or hearing or trial commenced on or after January 1, 2013.
U.S. Code.
For provisions of Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, Rules 10 and 11, arraignment and plea, and annotations pertaining thereto, see 18 U.S.C.
Law reviews.
For comment on Boyett v. State, 81 Ga. App. 49 , 57 S.E.2d 831 (1950), see 2 Mercer L. Rev. 433 (1951).
For article surveying the law in Georgia on admissions, see 8 Mercer L. Rev. 252 (1957).
For comment on Ware v. State, 128 Ga. App. 407 , 196 S.E.2d 896 (1973), discussing the right of an accused to retract guilty plea prior to judgment, see 10 Ga. St. B.J. 469 (1974).
For article on the effect of nolo contendere plea on conviction, see 13 Ga. L. Rev. 723 (1979).
For article surveying developments in Georgia criminal law from mid-1980 through mid-1981, see 33 Mercer L. Rev. 95 (1981).
For article, “No Second Chances: Immigration Consequences of Criminal Charges,” see 13 Ga. St. B.J. 26 (2007).
For survey article on criminal law, see 59 Mercer L. Rev. 89 (2007).
For survey article on death penalty law, see 59 Mercer L. Rev. 123 (2007).
For article, “Evidence,” see 27 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 1 (2011).
For article on the 2011 amendment of this Code section, see 28 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 1 (2011).
For note, “Padilla v. Kentucky: The Criminal Defense Attorney’s Obligation to Warn of Immigration Consequences of Criminal Conviction,” see 29 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 891 (2012).