GEORGIA CODE (Last Updated: August 20, 2013) |
Title 17. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE |
Chapter 13. CRIMINAL EXTRADITION |
Article 2. UNIFORM CRIMINAL EXTRADITION ACT |
Section 17-13-31. Duty of district attorney to answer and defend habeas corpus action
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- The district attorney shall answer and defend any habeas corpus action brought under this article, which action contests the issuance, execution, or validity of a Governor's warrant of arrest, unless the Governor shall direct the Attorney General to answer and defend the habeas corpus action.
Ga. L. 1979, p. 412, § 1.