Georgia Statutes
§ 17-4-21 — Duty of arresting officer to take arrested person before judicial officer; right of arrested person to select judicial officer
Georgia·Title 17
The arresting officer shall take the arrested person before the most convenient and accessible judicial officer authorized to hear the case unless the arrested person requests otherwise, in which case, if there is no suspicion of improper motive, the arresting officer shall take him before some other judicial officer. An arrested person has no right to select the judicial officer before whom he shall be tried.
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Bunyon v. Burke County
285 F. Supp. 2d 1310 (S.D. Georgia, 2003)
Capestany v. State
656 S.E.2d 196 (Court of Appeals of Georgia, 2007)
Foster v. Fulton County
223 F. Supp. 2d 1301 (N.D. Georgia, 2002)
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