Chatham County Superior Court, Georgia Sealing & Redaction Procedures

The evaluation is provided to defense counsel or, if the accused is pro se, to the accused, and otherwise remains under seal and is not released without a court order; if the defense files a special plea of incompetency, the Court submits it to the prosecuting attorney.

The Court will give the report to defense counsel, but not to the prosecuting attorney at this point. See Georgia Code § 17-7-130(b)(1): …. “The department’s evaluation shall be submitted to the court, and the court shall submit such evaluation to the attorney for the accused or if pro se, to the accused, but otherwise, the evaluation shall be under seal and shall not be released to any other person absent a court order.” 11. If the defense chooses to raise the issue of incompetence further and files a special plea of incompetency, the Court shall submit the department’s evaluation to the prosecuting attorney. (Georgia Code § 17-7-130(b)(2))