O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 16-1-10 (2019)

Punishment for crimes for which punishment not otherwise provided

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

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Any conduct that is made criminal by this title or by another statute of this state and for which punishment is not otherwise provided, shall be punished as for a misdemeanor.

History

Orig. Code 1863, § 4395; Ga. L. 1865-66, p. 233, § 2; Code 1868, § 4436; Code 1873, § 4509; Code 1882, § 4509; Penal Code 1895, § 334; Penal Code 1910, § 339; Code 1933, § 26-5001;

Code 1933, § 26-104, enacted by Ga. L. 1968, p. 1249, § 1.

Annotations

Cross references. - Punishment for misdemeanors generally, § 17-10-3.

JUDICIAL DECISIONS Cited in MacDougald v. State, 124 Ga. App. 619, 184 S.E.2d 687 (1971); Blair v. State, 127 Ga. App. 111, 192 S.E.2d 542

(1972); Cook v. State, 256 Ga. 808, 353 S.E.2d 333 (1987); English v. State, 282 Ga. App. 552, 639 S.E.2d 551 (2006).

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. - 21 Am. Jur. 2d, Criminal Law, § 1. ALR. - Civil and criminal liability of

soldiers, sailors, and militiamen, 143 A.L.R. 1530.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 4 cases, 1987–2013 · leading case: White v. State, 699 S.E.2d 291 (Ga. 2010).

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White v. State, 699 S.E.2d 291 (Ga. 2010). · cites it 6× “OCGA §§ 16-1-10; 16-10-94 (c); 2 Perry v.”

Durden v. State, 744 S.E.2d 9 (Ga. 2013). · cites it 2× “See OCGA §§ 16-1-10; 16-10-94 (a); DeLeon v. State, 289 Ga.”

Cook v. State, 353 S.E.2d 333 (Ga. 1987). · cites it 4× “Although no exact punishment is provided in the malpractice statute, OCGA § 45-11-1, OCGA § 16-1-10 provides that in a case in which no punishment is provided, the offense shall be punished as a misdemeanor.”

English v. State, 639 S.E.2d 551 (Ga. Ct. App. 2006). · cites it 2× “Consequently, there is no evidence to support the imposition of a felony sentence under the sentencing provisions of OCGA § 16-10-94 (c) in this case.”

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