O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 10-1-406 (2019)

Prosecution of criminal conduct revealed through investigation

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)

Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.

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Whenever an investigation has been conducted under this article and such investigation reveals conduct which constitutes a criminal offense, the Attorney General shall have the authority to prosecute the case or forward the results of such investigation to a prosecuting attorney of this state who shall commence any criminal prosecution that such prosecuting attorney deems appropriate.

History

Ga. L. 1975, p. 376, § 16; Ga. L. 1997, p. 1507, § 3; Ga. L. 2015, p. 1088, § 2/SB 148.

Annotations

Editor’s notes. Ga. L. 1997, p. 1507, § 3, not codified by the General Assembly, provided that the

1997 amendment was applicable to offenses committed on or after July 1, 1997. Law reviews. For article commenting on the 1997 amendment of this Code section, see 14 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 29 (1997).