Georgia § 15-2-17 - Rules for regulating Supreme Court's proceedings.
Full text of Georgia Official Code of Georgia Annotated § 15-2-17 — Rules for regulating Supreme Court's proceedings., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 15-2-17. Rules for regulating Supreme Court's proceedings.
The Supreme Court shall have full power and authority to make all rules, not in conflict with the Constitution or laws of this state, as may be necessary for carrying the Constitution into effect and regulating the court's proceedings thereunder. To these ends it may, by rules, provide and declare when the court shall sit, how its minutes shall be kept, and how the cases upon its dockets shall be apportioned; and it generally may make all regulations as to practice and procedure which experience may show to be convenient and expedient for the proper transaction of its business, with due regard to the rights of the parties and counsel concerned. (Ga. L. 1896, p. 42, § 4; Civil Code 1910, § 6117; Code 1933, § 24-4016; Ga. L. 1983, p. 956, § 4.) Cross references. - Rules of the Supreme Court of Georgia. Editor's notes. - The Supreme Court has adopted rules pursuant to this Code section, entitled "Rules of the Supreme Court of the State of Georgia." Law reviews. - For comment on Crider v. State, 115 Ga. App. 347 , 154 S.E.2d 743 (1967), holding that enumerated errors must be supported by specific reference to the trial transcript, see 4 Ga. St. B. J. 265 (1967).
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Section 15-2-17 ("Rules for regulating Supreme Court's proceedings.") is part of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the codified statutory law of Georgia. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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