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Hb 941 - Pretrial Proceedings, Majda Muhic, Kirstin Rodrigues
Hb 941 - Pretrial Proceedings, Majda Muhic, Kirstin Rodrigues
Georgia State University Law Review
The Act changes the grand jury proceedings for police officers charged with committing a crime in the course of performing their official duties. Prior to the Act, Georgia police officers were permitted to be present for the entire duration of grand jury proceedings, hear all of the evidence presented against them, and then testify to the grand jury at the end of the proceedings without being subject to cross examination. Grand jury hearings produced no records, so interested parties had no opportunity to find out what transpired in the proceedings. After the passage of the Act, police officers retain the …