Current through 2023-2024 Legislative Session Chapter 709
Section 15-11-480 - When jeopardy attaches(a) When a child enters a denial to a petition alleging his or her delinquency, jeopardy attaches when the first witness is sworn at the adjudication hearing.(b) When a child enters an admission to a petition alleging his or her delinquency, jeopardy attaches when the court accepts the admission.Added by 2013 Ga. Laws 127,§ 1-1, eff. 1/1/2014.