{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-17-10-69","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 17-10-69","heading":"Prior adjudication as presumption of mental competency.","body":"If an applicant is determined to have previously filed an application under this article and has previously been determined to be mentally competent to be executed, such prior adjudication shall act as a presumption of mental competency and the applicant shall not be entitled to a new hearing on the question of mental competency to be executed absent the applicant’s making a prima-facie showing of a substantial change in circumstances sufficient to raise a significant question as to the applicant’s mental competency to be executed at the time of filing of any subsequent applications.","path":["TITLE 17 Criminal Procedure","CHAPTER 10 Sentence and Punishment","Article 3 Mentally Incompetent to Be Executed"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.17.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":"bd51ce0f0c85f7bec2bba2bb91a395b0f44c9158cb6712a45b09015ec3ab2a8a","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-17-10-68","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-17-10-70"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}