Georgia § 17-7-31 - Endorsement of names of state's witnesses on warrant.
Full text of Georgia Official Code of Georgia Annotated § 17-7-31 — Endorsement of names of state's witnesses on warrant., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 17-7-31. Endorsement of names of state's witnesses on warrant.
Whenever any judicial officer sitting as a court of inquiry binds over a defendant to appear at an appropriate court to answer any charge, it shall be the duty of the judicial officer to write on the warrant the names of each witness for the state who appeared at the commitment hearing. (Ga. L. 1873, p. 31, § 1; Code 1873, § 4737; Code 1882, § 4737; Penal Code 1895, § 916; Penal Code 1910, § 941; Code 1933, § 27-412.) Cross references. - Right of accused to obtain list of witnesses on whose testimony the charge against the accused is founded, Ga. Const. 1983, Art. I, Sec. I, Para. XIV.
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