{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-45-16-42","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 45-16-42","heading":"Offering in evidence of results of examination.","body":"In all inquests the results of the medical examiner’s inquiry performed shall be offered in evidence either by oral testimony of the medical examiner or by introduction of a copy of the report filed with the director of the division, as verified in the cases requiring verification. The jury shall be free to reach a verdict in accord or discord with such evidence but in all cases such evidence must be presented to them for their consideration.","path":["TITLE 45 Public Officers and Employees","CHAPTER 16 Coroners","Article 2 Death Investigations"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.45.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":"14ba512750eb4fef52c9786d332a04330af00201839b63de7940715efbc7044e","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-45-16-41","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-45-16-43"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}