{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-17-7-53.1","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 17-7-53.1","heading":"Quashing of second grand jury indictment or presentment bars further prosecution.","body":"If, upon the return of two “true bills” of indictments or presentments by a grand jury on the same offense, charge, or allegation, the indictments or presentments are quashed for the second time, whether by ruling on a motion, demurrer, special plea or exception, or other pleading of the defendant or by the court’s own motion, such actions shall be a bar to any future prosecution of such defendant for the offense, charge, or allegation.","path":["TITLE 17 Criminal Procedure","CHAPTER 7 Pretrial Proceedings","Article 3 Indictments"],"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":"19b603bd618c7e1b91ce1bca8b78d5c9984746126f2986085fd4dd1dea5720f7","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-17-7-53","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-17-7-54"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}