Georgia Code, Title 5, Chapter 5, Article 3 - Procedure

• § 5-5-40 - Time of Motion for New Trial Generally; Amendments; Extension of Time for Filing Transcript; Time of Hearing; Priority to Cases in Which Death Penalty Imposed; Appeal Not Limited to Grounds Urged; New Trial on Court's Own Motion
  (a) All motions for new trial, except in extraordinary cases, shall be made within 30 days of the entry of the judgment on the...
• § 5-5-41 - Requirements As to Extraordinary Motions for New Trial Generally; Notice of Filing of Motion; Limitations As to Number of Extraordinary Motions in Criminal Cases; Dna Testing
  (a) When a motion for a new trial is made after the expiration of a 30 day period from the entry of judgment, some...
• § 5-5-42 - Form for Motion for New Trial
  (a) The form for motion for new trial in civil cases prescribed in subsection (b) of this Code section shall be sufficient, but any...
• § 5-5-43 - Allowance of Filing of Motion by Judge Other Than Trial Judge
  A judge who did not try the case may, if presented with a motion for new trial within 30 days from the date of...
• § 5-5-44 - Service of Rule Nisi; Filing and Recordation of Motion
  In all motions for a new trial the opposite party shall be served with a copy of the rule nisi unless such copy is...
• § 5-5-45 - Amendment of Rule Nisi
  A rule nisi for a new trial may be amended by adding new grounds not taken at the time the motion was filed.
• § 5-5-46 - Operation of Rule Nisi As Supersedeas in Criminal Cases; Superseding of Sentence
  (a) The rule nisi on a motion for a new trial in a criminal case shall not operate as a supersedeas unless it is...
• § 5-5-47 - Right to Give Supersedeas Bond for Bailable Offense Upon Filing of New Trial Motion; Assessment and Approval of Bond
  (a) It shall be the right of any person convicted of a crime which is bailable under the law, and in which case a...
• § 5-5-48 - Time of New Trial Generally
  When a new trial has been granted by the court, the case shall be placed on the docket for trial as though no trial...
• § 5-5-49 - Trial of Cases Returned for New Trial by Appellate Courts
  (a) A case decided by the Supreme Court or Court of Appeals which is not finally disposed of by the decision shall stand for...
• § 5-5-50 - Standard for Review by Appellate Court of First Grant of New Trial
  The first grant of a new trial shall not be disturbed by an appellate court unless the appellant shows that the judge abused his...
• § 5-5-51 - Written Basis for Exercise of Judicial Discretion for New Trial
  In all civil cases in which a new trial is granted, if the grant of a new trial is based on the discretion of...

Last modified: October 14, 2016