Georgia § 15-10-261 - Waiver of jury trial.
Full text of Georgia Official Code of Georgia Annotated § 15-10-261 — Waiver of jury trial., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 15-10-261. Waiver of jury trial.
There shall be no jury trials in the magistrate court. A magistrate court shall not have the power to dispose of the misdemeanor offenses enumerated in subsection (a) of Code Section 15-10-260 unless the defendant shall first waive in writing a trial by jury. If the defendant does not waive a trial by jury, the defendant shall notify the court and, if probable cause exists, the defendant shall be immediately bound over to a court in the county having jurisdiction to try the offense wherein a jury may be impaneled. (Code 1981, § 15-10-261 , enacted by Ga. L. 2000, p. 1155, § 3.)
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