{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-17-7-20","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 17-7-20","heading":"Persons who may hold courts of inquiry.","body":"Any judge of a superior or state court, judge of the probate court, magistrate, or officer of a municipality who has the criminal jurisdiction of a magistrate may hold a court of inquiry to examine an accusation against a person legally arrested and brought before him or her. The time and place of the inquiry shall be determined by such judicial officer. Such judge may order the court of inquiry to be conducted by audio-visual communication between the accused, the court, the attorneys, and the witnesses.","path":["TITLE 17 Criminal Procedure","CHAPTER 7 Pretrial Proceedings","Article 2 Commitment Hearings"],"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":"323af4c62462a1357b478eda6c608b967a03bd5460bd04544bd48d7c31e5c933","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-17-7-4","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-17-7-21"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}