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2018 Georgia Code 16-12-28 | Car Wreck Lawyer

Link to State of Georgia Official Statute 2018 Georgia Code Annotated (sourced from legal.resource.org)
O.C.G.A. 16-12-28 Case Law from Google Scholar Amendments to OCGA 16-12-28

TITLE 16 CRIMES AND OFFENSES

Section 12. Offenses Against Public Health and Morals, 16-12-1 through 16-12-191.

ARTICLE 2 GAMBLING AND RELATED OFFENSES

16-12-28. Communicating gambling information.

  1. A person who knowingly communicates information as to bets, betting odds, or changes in betting odds or who knowingly installs or maintains equipment for the transmission or receipt of such information with the intent to further gambling commits the offense of communicating gambling information.
  2. A person who commits the offense of communicating gambling information, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than one nor more than five years or by a fine not to exceed $5,000.00, or both.

(Code 1933, § 26-2706, enacted by Ga. L. 1968, p. 1249, § 1.)

Cross references.

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

Law reviews.

- For article, "A Comprehensive Analysis of Georgia RICO," see 9 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 537 (1993). For note discussing organized crime in Georgia with respect to the application of state gambling laws, and suggesting proposals for combatting organized crime, see 7 Ga. St. B.J. 124 (1970).

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Cited in Cox v. State, 160 Ga. App. 199, 286 S.E.2d 482 (1981); Evans v. State, 252 Ga. 312, 314 S.E.2d 421 (1984).

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 38 Am. Jur. 2d, Gambling, §§ 81, 97 et seq.

C.J.S.

- 38 C.J.S., Gaming, § 176.

ALR.

- Paraphernalia or appliances used for recording gambling transactions or receiving or furnishing gambling information as gaming "devices" within criminal statute or ordinance, 1 A.L.R.3d 726.

Right or duty to refuse telephone, telegraph, or other wire service in aid of illegal gambling operations, 30 A.L.R.3d 1143.

Validity, construction, and application of statute or ordinance prohibiting or regulating use of messenger services to place wagers in pari-mutuel pool, 78 A.L.R.4th 483.

Cases Citing O.C.G.A. § 16-12-28

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Evans v. State, 314 S.E.2d 421 (Ga. 1984).

Cited 30 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Mar 15, 1984 | 252 Ga. 312

...mercial gambling, OCGA § 16-12-22 (Code Ann. § 26-2703). Appellants claim the trial court erred by failing to charge on the offenses of keeping a gambling place, OCGA § 16-12-23 (Code Ann. § 26-2704), and communicating gambling information, OCGA § 16-12-28 (Code Ann....
...836 (305 SE2d 624) (1983); Nelson v. State, 136 Ga. App. 861 (222 SE2d 677) (1975). We disagree. Pretermitting the issue of whether the RICO indictment in the instant case used language sufficient to embrace §§ 16-12-23 (Code Ann. § 26-2704) and 16-12-28 (Code Ann....
...as affirmatively withdrawn a crime or stricken it from the indictment or accusation." Id. at 2. Although the indictment in this case may have included language which arguably charged appellants with violating §§ 16-12-23 (Code Ann. § 26-2704) and 16-12-28 (Code Ann....
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State v. Singh, 291 Ga. 525 (Ga. 2012).

Cited 19 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Sep 10, 2012 | 731 S.E.2d 649, 2012 Fulton County D. Rep. 2778

...On May 11, 2011, the trial court declined to dismiss the complaint pursuant to OCGA § 9-11-12 (b) (6) for failure to state a claim upon which relief could be granted, reasoning that the State had sufficiently alleged violations of OCGA §§ 16-12-22 and 16-12-28....
...the basis that the machines were legal because the trial court reasoned that legal machines could still be used for an illegal purpose. The trial court went on to conclude that the complaint alleged felony *529violations under OCGA §§ 16-12-22 and 16-12-28 and, therefore, declined to dismiss the complaint. Decided September 10, 2012. Tracy Graham-Lawson, District Attorney, Michael G....