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O.C.G.A. § 24-13-91: Definitions.
Where this section sits in the code
- TITLE 24 EvidenceCHAPTER 99.
- CHAPTER 13 Securing Attendance of Witnesses and Production and Preservation of Evidence
- Article 4 Uniform Act to Secure the Attendance of Witnesses from Without the State
As used in this article, the term:
(1) “Penal institution” means a jail, prison, penitentiary, house of correction, or other place of penal detention.
(2) “State” means any state or territory of the United States and the District of Columbia.
(3) “Summons” means a subpoena, order, or other notice requiring the appearance of a witness.
(4) “Witness” means a person whose testimony is desired in any proceeding or investigation by a grand jury or in a criminal prosecution or proceeding held by the prosecution or the defense, including a person who is confined in a penal institution in any state.
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