{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-17-16-20","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 17-16-20","heading":"Applicability of article.","body":"The provisions of this article shall apply only to misdemeanor cases or to felony cases docketed, indicted, or in which an accusation was returned prior to January 1, 1995, if the prosecuting attorney and the defendant do not agree in writing that the provisions of Article 1 of this chapter shall apply.","path":["TITLE 17 Criminal Procedure","CHAPTER 16 Discovery","Article 2 Misdemeanor Cases"],"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":"c1a09ada0cc03be396a1739961a54281b8057e6ea55d91f38a7a458b41656572","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-17-16-10","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-17-16-21"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}