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O.C.G.A. § 17-11-2: Liability of defendant for costs of witnesses.
Where this section sits in the code
- TITLE 17 Criminal Procedure
- CHAPTER 11 Assessment and Payment of Costs of Criminal Proceedings
- Article 1 General Provisions
No defendant shall be liable for the costs of any witness of the state, unless such witness was subpoenaed, sworn, and examined during the trial, nor for the costs of more than two witnesses testifying on the same point, unless the court shall certify that the question at issue was of such a character as to require the testimony of more than two witnesses.
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