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2018 Georgia Code 16-5-4 | Car Wreck Lawyer

Link to State of Georgia Official Statute 2018 Georgia Code Annotated (sourced from legal.resource.org)
O.C.G.A. 16-5-4 Case Law from Google Scholar Amendments to OCGA 16-5-4

TITLE 16 CRIMES AND OFFENSES

Section 5. Crimes Against the Person, 16-5-1 through 16-5-110.

ARTICLE 1 HOMICIDE

16-5-4. Time elapsed between injury and death.

In order to be a homicide punishable under this article, death need not have occurred within a year and a day from the date of the injury alleged to have caused such death.

(Code 1981, §16-5-4, enacted by Ga. L. 1991, p. 719, § 1.)

Editor's notes.

- Ga. L. 1991, p. 719, § 2, not codified by General Assembly, provides: "It is the intent of this Act to make statutory the ruling of the Supreme Court of Georgia that the year and a day rule referred to herein is not the law of Georgia."

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Cited in Lang v. State, 344 Ga. App. 623, 812 S.E.2d 16 (2018).

Cases Citing Georgia Code 16-5-4 From Courtlistener.com

Total Results: 3

Gonzales v. State

Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 2023-02-21

Snippet: excessive physical or mental pain.” 11 OCGA § 16-5-4 (a) provides that “[a] person commits the offense

Drennon v. State

Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 2022-10-25

Snippet: to further the interests of the IRC. See OCGA § 16-5-4 (a); OCGA § 16-15-3 (1) (J); OCGA § 16-15-3 (3);

in the Matter of Jin Choi

Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 2015-10-05

Citation: 297 Ga. 793, 778 S.E.2d 228, 2015 Ga. LEXIS 687

Snippet: May 21, 2010 for his violations of Rules 1.4, 1.16, 5.4, and 7.3, in connection with the representation