All exceptions which go merely to the form of an indictment or accusation shall be made before trial.
(Laws 1833, Cobb's 1851 Digest, p. 833; Code 1863, § 4517; Code 1868, § 4536; Code 1873, § 4629; Code 1882, § 4629; Penal Code 1895, § 955; Penal Code 1910, § 980; Code 1933, § 27-1601.)
RESEARCH REFERENCES
ALR.
- Sufficiency of indictment as affected by bill of particulars, 10 A.L.R. 982.
Description in indictment for perjury of proceeding in which perjury was committed, 24 A.L.R. 1137.
Power of court to pass on competency, legality, or sufficiency of evidence on which indictment is based, 31 A.L.R. 1479.
Sufficiency of description of automobile, or automobile equipment or accessories, in indictment, information, or complaint in criminal proceedings, 100 A.L.R. 791.
Necessity of alleging in information or indictment that act was "unlawful," 169 A.L.R. 166.
Necessity of naming owner of building in indictment or information for burglary, 169 A.L.R. 887.
Necessity of alleging in indictment or information limitation-tolling facts, 52 A.L.R.3d 922.
Use of abbreviation in indictment or information, 92 A.L.R.3d 494.
Failure to swear or irregularity in swearing witnesses appearing before grand jury as ground for dismissal of indictment, 23 A.L.R.4th 154.
PART 2 INSANITY AND MENTAL INCOMPETENCY
Administrative Rules and Regulations.
- Mental Health Services, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Institutional, Center, and Program Services, Subject 125-4-5.
Pretrial Examination and for Commitment Because of Incompetency to Stand Trial, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Department of Human Services, Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities and Addictive Diseases, Subject 290-4-3.
RESEARCH REFERENCESInsanity Defense, 41 POF2d 615.
C.J.S.- 22 C.J.S., Criminal Procedure and Rights of the Accused, § 257. 39 C.J.S., Habeas Corpus, § 272 et seq. 57 C.J.S., Mental Health, § 118 et seq.