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Call Now: 904-383-7448Any person except an attorney of record who shall acknowledge or cause to be acknowledged, in any of the courts of the state or before any authorized officer, any recognizance, bail, or judgment in the name of any person not privy or consenting thereto commits the offense of impersonating in a legal proceeding and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $1,000.00 or by imprisonment for not less than one nor more than five years, or both.
(Laws 1833, Cobb's 1851 Digest, p. 806; Code 1863, § 4369; Code 1868, § 4407; Code 1873, § 4475; Code 1882, § 4475; Penal Code 1895, § 305; Penal Code 1910, § 310; Code 1933, § 26-4301; Code 1933, § 26-2404, enacted by Ga. L. 1968, p. 1249, § 1.)
- Conviction under O.C.G.A. § 16-10-73 required proof that defendant represented the defendant or another person to be an actual person. Brown v. State, 225 Ga. App. 750, 484 S.E.2d 795 (1997).
Cited in Spears v. Johnson, 256 Ga. 518, 350 S.E.2d 468 (1986).
- 35 C.J.S., False Personation, § 1 et seq.
- Intent as affecting false personation, as regards criminal offense, 97 A.L.R. 1510.
Civil liability of witness falsely attesting signature to document, 96 A.L.R.2d 1346.
Validity, construction, and application of state statutes relating to offense of identity theft, 125 A.L.R.5th 537.
Total Results: 1
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 1986-12-04
Citation: 350 S.E.2d 468, 256 Ga. 518, 1986 Ga. LEXIS 957
Snippet: arrested on July 18, 1986, for violating OCGA § 16-10-73.[1] On July 20, 1986, Spears was taken before