Georgia Code
Article 5 - Arraignment and Pleas Generally
§ 17-7-96. Prosecuting Officer to Enter Arraignment and Plea on Indictment or Accusation

The arraignment and plea of the person accused of committing a crime shall be entered on the indictment or accusation by the prosecuting attorney or other person acting as prosecuting officer on the part of the state.
History. Laws 1833, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 835; Code 1863, § 4528; Code 1868, § 4547; Code 1873, § 4641; Code 1882, § 4641; Penal Code 1895, § 949; Penal Code 1910, § 974; Code 1933, § 27-1407.
U.S. Code.
Arraignment and pleas, Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, Rules 10 and 11.

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Article 5 - Arraignment and Pleas Generally

§ 17-7-90. Issuance of Bench Warrant; Execution; Receiving Bail, Fixing Bond, and Approving Sureties

§ 17-7-91. Date of Arraignment; Notice; Service of Notice and Fee Therefor; Notice to Surety on Bond; Arraignment; Receipt and Entering of Plea; Establishment of Time for Trial; Effect of Appearance and Plea on Notice Requirement

§ 17-7-92. Service of Notice of Filing of Indictment, Special Presentment, or Accusation Against Corporation; Return of Service; Failure of Corporation to Appear or Enter Plea; Judgment and Execution Against Corporate Property

§ 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of Indictment or Accusation; Answer of Accused to Charge; Recordation of “Guilty” Plea and Pronouncement of Judgment; Withdrawn Guilty Pleas; Pleas by Immigrants

§ 17-7-94. Recordation and Effect of Plea of “Not Guilty” or of Standing Mute