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GEORGIA CODE (Last Updated: August 20, 2013) |
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Title 17. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE |
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Chapter 6. BONDS AND RECOGNIZANCES |
| Article 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS |
| Article 2. SURETIES |
| Article 3. PROCEEDINGS FOR FORFEITURE OF BONDS OR RECOGNIZANCES |
| Article 4. BONDS FOR GOOD BEHAVIOR AND TO KEEP THE PEACE |
REFS & ANNOS
TITLE 17 Chapter 6 NOTE
CROSS REFERENCES. --Prohibition against excessive bail, U.S. Const., amend. 8 and Ga. Const. 1983, Art. I, Sec. I, Para. XVII. Witness bonds in the event of commitment by court, §§ 17-7-26, 17-7-27. Bonds and first appearance, Uniform State Court Rules, Rule 26.1. Bond hearings in Juvenile Court, Uniform Rules for the Juvenile Courts of Georgia, Rules 9.1 and 9.2.
U.S. CODE. --Release from custody, Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, Rule 46.
JUDICIAL DECISIONS
CITED in Sunrise Bonding Co. v. Busbee, 165 Ga. App. 83, 299 S.E.2d 153 (1983).
RESEARCH REFERENCES
Am. Jur. Proof of Facts. --Excessive Bail, 18 POF2d 149
ALR. --Surrender of principal by sureties on bail bond, 3 ALR 180; 73 ALR 1369.
Bail: imposition of life sentence as affecting capital character of offense, 3 ALR 970.
Induction of principal into military or naval service as exonerating his bail for nonappearance, 8 ALR 371; 147 ALR 1428; 148 ALR 1400; 150 ALR 1447; 151 ALR 1462; 152 ALR 1459; 153 ALR 1431; 154 ALR 1456; 156 ALR 1457; 157 ALR 1456.
Right to give bail in civil action or proceeding, 15 ALR 1079.
Constitutional right to bail pending appeal from conviction, 19 ALR 807; 77 ALR 1235.
Disciplinary power of court in respect of suretyship in judicial proceedings, 91 ALR 889.
Necessity of reference in bail bond to specific crime, 103 ALR 535.
Rape as bailable offense, 118 ALR 1115.
Right of surety on recognizance or bail bond to indemnity or contribution, 170 ALR 1161.
Insanity of accused as affecting right to bail in criminal case, 11 ALR3d 1385.
Validity, construction, and application of statutes regulating bail bond business, 13 ALR3d 618.
Dismissal or vacation of indictment as terminating liability or obligation of surety on bail bond, 18 ALR3d 1354.
Application of state statutes establishing pretrial release of accused on personal recognizance as presumptive form of release, 78 ALR3d 780.
Promise by one other than principal to indemnify on agreeing to become surety or guarantor as within statute of frauds, 13 ALR4th 1153.
Liability of surety on bail bond taken without authority, 27 ALR4th 246.
Right of defendant in state court to bail pending appeal from conviction -- modern cases, 28 ALR4th 227.
Bail: duration of surety's liability on pretrial bond, 32 ALR4th 504.
Bail: duration of surety's liability on post-trial bail bond, 32 ALR4th 575.
Bail: effect on liability of bail bond surety of state's delay in obtaining indictment or bringing defendant to trial, 32 ALR4th 600.
Bail: effect on surety's liability under bail bond of principal's incarceration in other jurisdiction, 33 ALR4th 663.
State statutes making default on bail a separate offense, 63 ALR4th 1064.
Forfeiture of bail for breach of conditions of release other than that of appearance, 68 ALR4th 1082.
Propriety of applying cash bail to payment of fine, 42 ALR5th 547.
Failure of person, released pursuant to provisions of Federal Bail Reform Act of 1966 (18 USCS § 3141 et seq.), to make appearance as subjecting person to penalty provided for by 18 USCS § 3150, 66 ALR Fed. 668.
U.S. CODE. --Release from custody, Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, Rule 46.
JUDICIAL DECISIONS
CITED in Sunrise Bonding Co. v. Busbee, 165 Ga. App. 83, 299 S.E.2d 153 (1983).
RESEARCH REFERENCES
Am. Jur. Proof of Facts. --Excessive Bail, 18 POF2d 149
ALR. --Surrender of principal by sureties on bail bond, 3 ALR 180; 73 ALR 1369.
Bail: imposition of life sentence as affecting capital character of offense, 3 ALR 970.
Induction of principal into military or naval service as exonerating his bail for nonappearance, 8 ALR 371; 147 ALR 1428; 148 ALR 1400; 150 ALR 1447; 151 ALR 1462; 152 ALR 1459; 153 ALR 1431; 154 ALR 1456; 156 ALR 1457; 157 ALR 1456.
Right to give bail in civil action or proceeding, 15 ALR 1079.
Constitutional right to bail pending appeal from conviction, 19 ALR 807; 77 ALR 1235.
Disciplinary power of court in respect of suretyship in judicial proceedings, 91 ALR 889.
Necessity of reference in bail bond to specific crime, 103 ALR 535.
Rape as bailable offense, 118 ALR 1115.
Right of surety on recognizance or bail bond to indemnity or contribution, 170 ALR 1161.
Insanity of accused as affecting right to bail in criminal case, 11 ALR3d 1385.
Validity, construction, and application of statutes regulating bail bond business, 13 ALR3d 618.
Dismissal or vacation of indictment as terminating liability or obligation of surety on bail bond, 18 ALR3d 1354.
Application of state statutes establishing pretrial release of accused on personal recognizance as presumptive form of release, 78 ALR3d 780.
Promise by one other than principal to indemnify on agreeing to become surety or guarantor as within statute of frauds, 13 ALR4th 1153.
Liability of surety on bail bond taken without authority, 27 ALR4th 246.
Right of defendant in state court to bail pending appeal from conviction -- modern cases, 28 ALR4th 227.
Bail: duration of surety's liability on pretrial bond, 32 ALR4th 504.
Bail: duration of surety's liability on post-trial bail bond, 32 ALR4th 575.
Bail: effect on liability of bail bond surety of state's delay in obtaining indictment or bringing defendant to trial, 32 ALR4th 600.
Bail: effect on surety's liability under bail bond of principal's incarceration in other jurisdiction, 33 ALR4th 663.
State statutes making default on bail a separate offense, 63 ALR4th 1064.
Forfeiture of bail for breach of conditions of release other than that of appearance, 68 ALR4th 1082.
Propriety of applying cash bail to payment of fine, 42 ALR5th 547.
Failure of person, released pursuant to provisions of Federal Bail Reform Act of 1966 (18 USCS § 3141 et seq.), to make appearance as subjecting person to penalty provided for by 18 USCS § 3150, 66 ALR Fed. 668.