Georgia Code, Title 17, Chapter 8, Article 2 - Continuances

• § 17-8-20 - Showing of Due Diligence Required of Applicants for Continuances Generally
  In all cases, the party making an application for a continuance must show that he has used due diligence.
• § 17-8-21 - When Showing for Continuance Required of State
  In all cases in which the defendant cannot, according to law, demand a speedy trial, a continuance shall not be granted to the state,...
• § 17-8-22 - Consideration of Motion for Continuance by Court Generally; Allowance of Counter-Showing to Motion
  All applications for continuances are addressed to the sound legal discretion of the court and, if not expressly provided for, shall be granted or...
• § 17-8-23 - Grounds for Granting of Continuances -- Absence of Party Generally
  If either party is providentially prevented from attending the trial of any case and the counsel of the absent party will state in his...
• § 17-8-24 - Grounds for Granting of Continuances -- Absence or Illness of Counsel for Party Generally
  The illness or absence, from providential cause, of counsel where there is but one, or of the leading counsel where there are more than...
• § 17-8-25 - Grounds for Granting of Continuances -- Absence of Witness Generally
  In all applications for continuances upon the ground of the absence of a witness, it shall be shown to the court that the witness...
• § 17-8-26 - Grounds for Granting of Continuances -- Party or Party's Attorney in Attendance At General Assembly
  (a) A member of the General Assembly who is a party to or the attorney for a party to a case which is pending...
• § 17-8-27 - Grounds for Granting of Continuances -- Attorney General in Attendance At General Assembly
  When any case pending in the courts of this state in which the Attorney General is of counsel is scheduled to be called for...
• § 17-8-28 - Grounds for Granting of Continuances -- Witness in Attendance At General Assembly
  (a) Any person summoned to serve as a witness in a criminal case shall be excused by the judge from attendance at the court...
• § 17-8-29 - Grounds for Granting of Continuances -- Party or Party's Counsel in Attendance At Meeting of Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia
  Should any member of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia or any member of the State Board of Education be...
• § 17-8-30 - Grounds for Granting of Continuances -- Party or Party's Counsel in Attendance At Meeting of Board of Human Services or Board of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities
  Should any member of the Board of Human Services or the Board of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities be engaged at the time of...
• § 17-8-31 - Grounds for Granting of Continuances -- Party, Leading Attorney, or Material Witness in Attendance on Active Duty As Member of National Guard or Component of Armed Forces of the United States; Setting Bail in Certain Cases
  (a) It shall be the duty of any judge of the courts of this state to continue any case in the court on or...
• § 17-8-32 - Effect of Admission by Opposing Party of Facts to Be Proved Upon Allowance of Continuance
  No continuance shall be allowed in any court on account of the absence of a witness or for the purpose of procuring testimony when...
• § 17-8-33 - Granting of Continuances Where Indictment Found or Accusation Made; Continuance Where Material Witness Unavailable; Continuances Required by Principles of Justice; Granting of Continuance Where Postponement Possible to Later Date in Term
  (a) Every person against whom a true bill of indictment is found or an accusation is made shall be tried at the term of...
• § 17-8-34 - Granting of Continuances in Cases Returned by Appellate Court for Trial
  When a case is sent back for trial to a superior, state, or city court by the Supreme Court or Court of Appeals, the...
• § 17-8-35 - Effect of Continuance by Defendant Upon Trial of Codefendants
  The continuance of a case by one of several defendants indicted jointly shall not operate as a continuance as to the other defendants objecting
• § 17-8-36 - Entry of Date of Continuance Upon Docket of Court; Announcement of Continuance in Open Court
  The judges of the superior, state, and city courts shall, upon the continuance of any case, enter the date of the continuance upon their...
• § 17-8-37 - Duration of Continuance
  When a court grants a continuance of a pending case for whatever cause, the continuance shall extend until the next term of court only.
• § 17-8-38 - Case Not Reached At Trial Term Continued
  A case not reached at the trial term stands over as continued.

Last modified: October 14, 2016