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2018 Georgia Code 16-1-9 | Car Wreck Lawyer

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TITLE 16 CRIMES AND OFFENSES

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

16-1-9. Application of title to crimes committed prior to enactment.

This title shall govern the construction and punishment of any crime defined in this title committed on and after July 1, 1969, as well as the construction and application of any defense. This title does not apply to or govern the construction or punishment of any crime committed prior to July 1, 1969, or the construction or application of any defense. Such a crime must be construed and punished according to the law existing at the time of the commission thereof in the same manner as if this title had not been enacted.

(Laws 1833, Cobb's 1851 Digest, p. 838; Code 1863, § 4550; Code 1868, § 4570; Code 1873, § 4664; Code 1882, § 4664; Penal Code 1895, § 18; Penal Code 1910, § 18; Code 1933, § 26-103; Code 1933, § 26-103, enacted by Ga. L. 1968, p. 1249, § 1.)

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Cited in Ponder v. State, 121 Ga. App. 788, 175 S.E.2d 55 (1970); Nestor v. State, 122 Ga. App. 290, 176 S.E.2d 637 (1970); Blankenship v. State, 123 Ga. App. 496, 181 S.E.2d 544 (1971); Gunn v. State, 227 Ga. 786, 183 S.E.2d 389 (1971); Sadler v. State, 124 Ga. App. 266, 183 S.E.2d 501 (1971); Price v. State, 124 Ga. App. 850, 186 S.E.2d 360 (1971); Papp v. State, 129 Ga. App. 718, 201 S.E.2d 157 (1973); State v. Hasty, 158 Ga. App. 464, 280 S.E.2d 873 (1981); State v. Williams, 172 Ga. App. 708, 324 S.E.2d 557 (1984); Moton v. State, 242 Ga. App. 397, 530 S.E.2d 31 (2000).

Cases Citing O.C.G.A. § 16-1-9

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State v. Cross, 401 S.E.2d 510 (Ga. 1991).

Cited 15 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Feb 27, 1991 | 260 Ga. 845

...1968, pp. 1249, 1261. The new code provided that "[n]o conduct constitutes a crime unless it is described as a crime in this Title or in another statute of this State." Code Ann. § 26-201; OCGA § 16-1-4. In addition, Code Ann. § 26-103, now OCGA § 16-1-9, of the 1968 Criminal Code states: [t]he provisions of this Title shall govern the construction and punishment of any crime defined in this Title committed on and after the effective date hereof, as well as the construction and application of any defense....