History. Code 1933, § 3-1104, enacted by Ga. L. 1976, p. 1363, § 1; Ga. L. 1987, p. 887, § 2; Ga. L. 2015, p. 385, § 4-15/HB 252.
The 2015 amendment, effective July 1, 2015, substituted “intellectual disability” for “mental retardation” in the first sentence of subsection (b) and in paragraph (c)(1).
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 2015, p. 385, § 1-1/HB 252, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: “This Act shall be known and may be cited as the ‘J. Calvin Hill, Jr., Act.’ ”
Law reviews.
For annual survey of law on trial practice and procedure, see 62 Mercer L. Rev. 339 (2010).