O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 16-11-3 (2019)

Inciting to insurrection

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
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(a) A person commits the offense of inciting to insurrection when he incites others to overthrow or attempt to overthrow the representative and constitutional form of government of the state or any political subdivision thereof and he or they commit any violent act in furtherance thereof. (b) A person convicted of the offense of inciting to insurrection shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than one nor more than ten years. Inciting to insurrection shall be bailable only in the discretion of a judge of the superior court.

History

(Ga. L. 1866, p. 152, §§ 2, 4; Code 1868,

§§ 4250, 4251; Ga. L. 1871-72, p. 19, § 1; Code 1873, §§ 4316, 4317; Code 1882, §§ 4316, 4317; Penal Code 1895, §§ 56, 57; Penal Code 1910, §§ 56, 57; Code 1933, §§ 26-902, 26-903; Code 1933, § 26-2203, enacted by Ga. L. 1968, p. 1249, § 1; Ga. L. 1969, p. 857, § 10; Ga. L. 1981, p. 868, § 2.)

Annotations

Cross references. - Constitutional guarantee of free speech and press, Ga. Const. 1983, Art. I, Sec. I, Para. V.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 2015–2015 · leading case: El-Fatin v. State, 771 S.E.2d 902 (Ga. Ct. App. 2015).
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El-Fatin v. State, 771 S.E.2d 902 (Ga. Ct. App. 2015). · cites it 2× “Under OCGA § 16-11-3 6, it was for the finder of fact to determine whether El-Fatin’s presence at the condominium complex was at a time or in a manner not usual for law-abiding individuals under circumstances that warranted a justifiable and reasonable alarm or immediate concern…”
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