{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-17-7-21","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 17-7-21","heading":"Holding of court of inquiry by several judicial officers; procedure for deciding questions.","body":"The judicial officer before whom the accused is brought may associate with him, in the investigation, one or more magistrates, in which event a majority shall decide all questions. If there are only two presiding, the original officer shall determine all the questions where the court is not in agreement.","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":"be8510454049145da76c0e381cdd6e66dc4f43f1103c9421e4980fbd7900323d","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-17-7-20","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-17-7-22"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}