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GA 17-5-71 - GA 17-5-71

Title 17 - Criminal Procedure

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The 2019 amendment, effective July 1, 2019, in subsection (a), substituted "In cases in which the victim reports an alleged sexual assault to law enforcement" for "Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this Code section or Code Section 17-5-55 or 17-5-56, on or after May 12, 2008" at the beginning, and substituted "30 years from the date of arrest, or seven years from completion of sentence, whichever occurs last, and if no arrests, then for 50 years" for "ten years after the report of the alleged sexual assault" at the end. Law reviews. - For article on the 2019 amendment of this Code section, see 36 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 51 (2019). <h3...

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