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2018 Georgia Code 16-1-2 | Car Wreck Lawyer

Link to State of Georgia Official Statute 2018 Georgia Code Annotated (sourced from legal.resource.org)
O.C.G.A. 16-1-2 Case Law from Google Scholar Amendments to OCGA 16-1-2

TITLE 16 CRIMES AND OFFENSES

Section 1. General Provisions, 16-1-1 through 16-1-12.

16-1-2. Purposes of title.

The general purposes of this title are:

  1. To forbid and prevent conduct which unjustifiably and inexcusably causes or threatens substantial harm to individual or public interests;
  2. To give fair warning of the nature of the conduct forbidden and the sentence authorized upon conviction;
  3. To define that which constitutes each crime; and
  4. To prescribe penalties which are proportionate to the seriousness of crimes and which permit recognition of differences in rehabilitation possibilities among individual criminals.

(Code 1933, § 26-102, enacted by Ga. L. 1968, p. 1249, § 1.)

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Pregnant woman not guilty of transporting drugs to fetus.

- Pregnant woman could not have reasonably known that she could have been prosecuted for delivering or distributing cocaine to her fetus since the fetus was not a "person" within the meaning of the relevant statute; thus, she did not receive the fair warning mandated by O.C.G.A. § 16-1-2. State v. Luster, 204 Ga. App. 156, 419 S.E.2d 32, cert. denied, 204 Ga. App. 922, 419 S.E.2d 32 (1992).

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 16A Am. Jur. 2d, Constitutional Law, § 427. 16B Am. Jur. 2d, Constitutional Law, § 972. 21 Am. Jur. 2d, Criminal Law, § 15 et seq.

C.J.S.

- 22 C.J.S., Criminal Law, §§ 31, 32.

Cases Citing Georgia Code 16-1-2 From Courtlistener.com

Total Results: 10

In THE INTEREST OF T.B., a Child

Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 2022-06-01

Snippet: 23 acquitted . . . .”); 16-1-2 (1) (noting that the Criminal Code only seeks

Merritt v. State

Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 2010-03-15

Citation: 690 S.E.2d 835, 286 Ga. 650, 2010 Fulton County D. Rep. 754, 2010 Ga. LEXIS 221

Snippet: subject to any possibility of parole. See OCGA § 16-1-2 (purpose of Criminal Code is to give fair warning

Stinski v. State

Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 2010-03-01

Citation: 691 S.E.2d 854, 286 Ga. 839, 2010 Fulton County D. Rep. 551, 2010 Ga. LEXIS 186

Snippet: trial counsel directly would not be. OCGA § 17-16-1(2)(C) provides that statements of witnesses referred

Holmes v. State

Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 2002-11-12

Citation: 572 S.E.2d 569, 275 Ga. 853, 2002 Fulton County D. Rep. 3351, 2002 Ga. LEXIS 1007

Snippet: circumstances, the State is not obliged by OCGA § 17-16-1(2)(C) to provide the statement to the defense. Forehand

Mize v. State

Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 1998-06-15

Citation: 501 S.E.2d 219, 269 Ga. 646, 98 Fulton County D. Rep. 2055, 1998 Ga. LEXIS 665

Snippet: were "notes or summaries made by counsel." OCGA 17-16-1(2)(C); Forehand v. State, 267 Ga. 254(3), 477 S.E

Prodigy Centers/Atlanta v. T-C Associates

Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 1998-06-08

Citation: 501 S.E.2d 209, 269 Ga. 522, 98 Fulton County D. Rep. 1934, 1998 Ga. LEXIS 622

Snippet: Lim. Parts. And Lim. Liab. Cos. (1997 Ed.), § 16-1. [2] The Internal Revenue Code gives a judgment lien

Forehand v. State

Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 1996-11-04

Citation: 477 S.E.2d 560, 267 Ga. 254, 96 Fulton County D. Rep. 3897, 1996 Ga. LEXIS 905

Snippet: by counsel," it would be discoverable. OCGA § 17-16-1(2)(C). Here, the transcript shows that counsel for

Warren v. State

Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 1985-11-06

Citation: 336 S.E.2d 221, 255 Ga. 151

Snippet: with the enunciated purposes of the code. OCGA § 16-1-2. [14] The appellant was indicted on August 7,

Phillips v. State

Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 1976-04-06

Citation: 236 Ga. 617, 225 S.E.2d 12, 1976 Ga. LEXIS 963

Snippet: positively identified appellant at the trial, some 16 1/2 months after the robbery, as being one of the two

Riggs v. Martin

Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 1945-02-07

Citation: 33 S.E.2d 15, 198 Ga. 824, 1945 Ga. LEXIS 241

Snippet: using the same have increased its width to about 16 1/2 feet, running into the petitioner's yard. It was