Georgia Statutes
§ 15-12-70 — Disqualification for relationship to interested party
Georgia § 15-12-70
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Bluebook
O.C.G.A. § 15-12-70 (2026).
Text
All grand jurors in the courts of this state shall be disqualified to act or serve in any case or matter when such jurors are related by consanguinity or affinity to any party interested in the result of the case or matter within the third degree as computed according to the civil law. Relationship more remote shall not be a disqualification.
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Phillips v. State
305 S.E.2d 918 (Court of Appeals of Georgia, 1983)
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Black v. State
448 S.E.2d 357 (Supreme Court of Georgia, 1994)
Bolds v. State
394 S.E.2d 593 (Court of Appeals of Georgia, 1990)
In re Hensley
362 S.E.2d 432 (Court of Appeals of Georgia, 1987)
Atkinson v. State
587 S.E.2d 332 (Court of Appeals of Georgia, 2003)
Brown v. State
759 S.E.2d 489 (Supreme Court of Georgia, 2014)
Sowers v. State
390 S.E.2d 110 (Court of Appeals of Georgia, 1990)
DeCoteau v. State
691 S.E.2d 328 (Court of Appeals of Georgia, 2010)
Legislative History
Amended by 2016 Ga. Laws 369,§ 5, eff. 7/1/2016.
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Bluebook (online)
Georgia § 15-12-70, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/ga/15-12-70.