{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-17-8-23","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 17-8-23","heading":"Absence of party as grounds for granting continuance.","body":"If either party is providentially prevented from attending the trial of any case and the counsel of the absent party will state in his place that he cannot go safely to trial without the presence of the absent party, the case shall be continued, provided his continuances are not exhausted.","path":["TITLE 17 Criminal Procedure","CHAPTER 8 Trial","Article 2 Continuances"],"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":"9d73018832174b4df1a1595eaecbf6b79c8ea883da7e108b75434b89bd689a52","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-17-8-22","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-17-8-24"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}