CRIMINAL PROCEDURE Bonds and Recognizances: Provide that Certain Persons Arrested Without a Warrant Upon Acts of Family Violence Shall Not Be Eligible for Bail Prior to an Appearance Before a Judicial Officer; Provide for Increased Bail and Specific Conditions for Release for Offenses Involving an Act of Family Violence; Provide for Bail Only Before a Judge in Certain Offenses Involving Family Violence and Serious Injury; Provide a Definition

Authors

Elizabeth T. Baer
Daniel E. Turner

Document Type

Peach Sheet

Abstract

The Act requires a law enforcement officer making a warrantless arrest for an act of family violence to bring the accused before a judicial officer for a bond hearing before release. Furthermore, it requires one accused of family violence, when serious injury occurs and there is danger of further violence, to be brought before a judicial officer, who is authorized to impose specific conditions of bail designed to deter further violence. The Act further requires increased bail and special conditions be included in the posted schedule of bails for family violence offenses. Finally, the Act provides a definition of serious injury.

Recommended Citation

Elizabeth T. Baer & Daniel E. Turner, CRIMINAL PROCEDURE Bonds and Recognizances: Provide that Certain Persons Arrested Without a Warrant Upon Acts of Family Violence Shall Not Be Eligible for Bail Prior to an Appearance Before a Judicial Officer; Provide for Increased Bail and Specific Conditions for Release for Offenses Involving an Act of Family Violence; Provide for Bail Only Before a Judge in Certain Offenses Involving Family Violence and Serious Injury; Provide a Definition, 11 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. (1994).
Available at: https://readingroom.law.gsu.edu/gsulr/vol11/iss1/18