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CODE OF GEORGIA
Title 17 - CRIMINAL PROCEDUREChapter 9 - VERDICT AND JUDGMENT GENERALLY
Article 3 - AMENDMENT AND IMPEACHMENT OF VERDICT
Section 17-9-40 - Amendment of verdict after dispersion of jury

Ga. Code § 17-9-40

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Current through 2023-2024 Legislative Session Chapter 709
Section 17-9-40 - Amendment of verdict after dispersion of jury

A verdict may be amended in mere matter of form after the jury have dispersed; but, after it has been received, recorded, and the jury dispersed, it may not be amended in matter of substance, either by what the jurors say they intended to find or otherwise.

OCGA § 17-9-40