Title 24 — Evidence
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O.C.G.A. § 24-5-501 Certain communications privileged
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(a) There are certain admissions and communications excluded from evidence on grounds of public policy, including, but not limited to, the following: (1) Communications between husband and wife; (2) Communications between attorney and client; (3) Communications among grand jurors…
O.C.G.A. § 24-5-502 Communications to clergy privileged
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Every communication made by any person professing religious faith, seeking spiritual comfort, or seeking counseling to any Protestant minister of the Gospel, any priest of the Roman Catholic faith, any priest of the Greek Orthodox Catholic faith, any Jewish rabbi, or any Christia…
O.C.G.A. § 24-5-503 Evidence
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Privileged communications, §24-5-501. Criminal proceedings. Competent but not compellable to give evidence against each other, §24-5-503. Spouse charged with crime against child under age of 18. Inapplicability of privileges, evidence to specific act, §24-5-503. Privileged communi…
O.C.G.A. § 24-5-504 Other crimes, wrongs or acts
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Evidence. Admissibility, exceptions, §24-4-404. Child molestation, §24-4-414. DUI violation by accused, §24-4-417. Pretrial notice to defense, §24-4-404. Sexual assault, §24-4-413. Past sexual behavior of complaining witness. Evidence. Conduct included, §24-4-412. Generally inadm…
O.C.G.A. § 24-5-505 Party or witness privilege
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(a) No party or witness shall be required to testify as to any matter which may incriminate or tend to incriminate such party or witness or which shall tend to bring infamy, disgrace, or public contempt upon such party or witness or any member of such party or witness’s family. (…
O.C.G.A. § 24-5-506 Privilege against self-incrimination; testimony of accused in criminal case
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(a) No person who is charged in any criminal proceeding with the commission of any criminal offense shall be compellable to give evidence for or against himself or herself. (b) If an accused in a criminal proceeding wishes to testify and announces in open court his or her intenti…
O.C.G.A. § 24-5-507 Grant of immunity; contempt
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(a) Whenever in the judgment of the Attorney General or any district attorney the testimony of any person or the production of evidence of any kind by any person in any criminal proceeding before a court or grand jury is necessary to the public interest, the Attorney General or t…
O.C.G.A. § 24-5-508 Qualified privilege for news gathering or dissemination
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Any person, company, or other entity engaged in the gathering and dissemination of news for the public through any newspaper, book, magazine, radio or television broadcast, or electronic means shall have a qualified privilege against disclosure of any information, document, or ite…
O.C.G.A. § 24-5-509 PROBATION
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Probation officers. Peer counselors, privileged communications, §24-5-510. PRODUCTION OF EVIDENCE. Notice to produce in lieu of subpoena, §24-13-27. Subpoenas, §§24-13-20 to 24-13-29. 873 INDEX PSYCHOLOGISTS —Cont’d Evidence —Cont’d Communications between psychologist and patient…
O.C.G.A. § 24-5-510 Public office
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Authentication and identification of evidence, §24-9-904. Hearsay, §24-8-801. Public officer. Authentication and identification of evidence, §24-9-904. Public official. Hearsay, §24-8-801. Public record. Contents of writings, recordings or photographs, §24-10-1001. Hearsay, §24-8-8…