Since it is no longer needed or appropriate, the ancient device of benefit of clergy shall not exist.
(Laws 1833, Cobb's 1851 Digest, p. 837; Code 1863, § 4547; Code 1868, § 4567; Code 1873, § 4661; Code 1882, § 4661; Penal Code 1895, § 17; Penal Code 1910, § 17; Code 1933, § 26-102; Code 1933, § 26-202, enacted by Ga. L. 1968, p. 1249, § 1.)