History. Laws 1833, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 841; Code 1863, § 4578; Code 1868, § 4599; Code 1873, § 4696; Ga. L. 1876, p. 133, § 1; Code 1882, § 4696; Penal Code 1895, § 981; Penal Code 1910, § 1007; Ga. L. 1925, p. 101, § 1; Code 1933, § 27-2401; Ga. L. 1973, p. 159, § 6; Ga. L. 1976, p. 991, § 1.
Cross references.
Powers and duties of Judicial Council with regard to reporting of judicial proceedings, § 15-5-20 et seq.
Law reviews.
For article surveying Georgia criminal law cases from June 1979 through May 1980, see 32 Mercer L. Rev. 35 (1980).
For article surveying developments in Georgia criminal law from mid-1980 through mid-1981, see 33 Mercer L. Rev. 95 (1981).