GA 17-2-4 - GA 17-2-4

JUDICIAL DECISIONS State not required to stipulate to venue. - Venue is not a fact to which the state is required to stipulate whenever the defendant wishes to do so, particularly when the state disbelieves the defendant's account of that fact, because stipulations and waivers of jurisdictional defenses streamline a proceeding in which both parties agree on a fact, making further proof unnecessary; stipulations and jurisdictional waivers are not a means of forcing an opposing party to agree to facts the opposing party believes are not true and would mislead the factfinder. If the facts are disputed, the parties' competing evidence and arguments can be presented to the factfinder to resolve. State v. Dixon, 286 Ga. 706 , 691 S.E.2d 207 (2010). Trial court not required to instruct jury on le...