Document Type
Article
Abstract
On May 3, 2011, Governor Nathan Deal signed into law House Bill 24 (HB 24) bringing a new set of evidence rules to the State of Georgia.
The new rules went into effect on January 1, 2013. The author of this article was the Reporter for the State Bar Evidence Study Committee when new rules were first proposed back in the mid-1980s, and again throughout the recent, successful effort to reform the rules.
Part I of this article will give a brief history of the twenty-six-year effort to bring new evidence rules to Georgia. Part II will provide a structural overview of the new rules. Part III will then describe thirty-eight significant changes that judges and trial lawyers will find in the new rules. Finally, Part IV will mention a few evidentiary issues that still need attention.
Recommended Citation
Paul S. Milich,
Georgia's New Evidence Code - An Overview,
28
Ga. St. U. L. Rev.
379
(2012).
Available at:
https://readingroom.law.gsu.edu/gsulr/vol28/iss2/3
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