Georgia Code, Title 17, Chapter 8, Article 4 - Conduct and Argument of Counsel

• § 17-8-70 - Number of Counsel Permitted to Argue Case
  Not more than two counsel shall be permitted to argue any case for each side, except by express leave of the court. In no...
• § 17-8-71 - Order of Argument After Evidence Presented
  After the evidence is closed on both sides, the prosecuting attorney shall open and conclude the argument to the jury. The defendant shall be...
• § 17-8-72 - Time Limits on Closing Argument -- Misdemeanors and Cases From Inferior Judicatories
  In all misdemeanor cases and cases brought up from inferior judicatories, counsel for either party shall not occupy more than one-half hour in the...
• § 17-8-73 - Time Limits on Closing Argument -- Noncapital and Capital Felony Cases
  In felony cases other than those involving capital felonies, counsel shall be limited in their closing arguments to one hour for each side. In...
• § 17-8-74 - Allowance of Additional Time for Closing Argument
  If, before argument begins, counsel on either side applies to the court for an extension of the time prescribed for argument and states in...
• § 17-8-75 - Improper Statements by Counsel
  Where counsel in the hearing of the jury make statements of prejudicial matters which are not in evidence, it is the duty of the...
• § 17-8-76 - Argument to or in Front of Jury As to Possibility of Clemency
  (a) No attorney at law in a criminal case shall argue to or in the presence of the jury that a defendant, if convicted,...

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