{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-15-11-480","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 15-11-480","heading":"When jeopardy attaches.","body":"(a) When a child enters a denial to a petition alleging his or her delinquency, jeopardy attaches when the first witness is sworn at the adjudication hearing.\n(b) When a child enters an admission to a petition alleging his or her delinquency, jeopardy attaches when the court accepts the admission.","path":["TITLE 15 Courts","CHAPTER 11 Juvenile Code","Article 6 Delinquency","PART 1 General provisions"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.15.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"c6f60bdab5fcb89907d273c56326ca24e781eebfd88f08b9f21270d75f5f81b1","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-15-11-479","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-15-11-481"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}