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2018 Georgia Code 16-6-6 | Car Wreck Lawyer

TITLE 16 CRIMES AND OFFENSES

Section 6. Sexual Offenses, 16-6-1 through 16-6-25.

ARTICLE 9 NOTICE OF CONVICTION AND RELEASE FROM CONFINEMENT OF SEX OFFENDERS

16-6-6. Bestiality.

  1. A person commits the offense of bestiality when he performs or submits to any sexual act with an animal involving the sex organs of the one and the mouth, anus, penis, or vagina of the other.
  2. A person convicted of the offense of bestiality shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than one nor more than five years.

(Laws 1833, Cobb's 1851 Digest, p. 787; Code 1863, §§ 4253, 4254; Code 1868, §§ 4288, 4289; Code 1873, §§ 4354, 4355; Ga. L. 1880-81, p. 74, § 1; Code 1882, §§ 4354, 4355; Penal Code 1895, §§ 384, 385; Penal Code 1910, §§ 375, 376; Code 1933, §§ 26-5903, 26-5904; Code 1933, § 26-2004, enacted by Ga. L. 1968, p. 1249, § 1.)

Cross references.

- Performance of actual or simulated sexual acts, § 3-3-41.

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 70C Am. Jur. 2d, Sodomy, § 30.

C.J.S.

- 81A C.J.S., Sodomy, § 1 et seq.

Cases Citing Georgia Code 16-6-6 From Courtlistener.com

Total Results: 4

Murphy v. State

Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 2016-06-20

Citation: 299 Ga. 238, 787 S.E.2d 721, 2016 WL 3390440, 2016 Ga. LEXIS 424

Snippet: the State. See *244 OCGA § 17-16-6; 6 Thompson v. State, 295 Ga. 96, 101

Lewis v. State

Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 2013-06-03

Citation: 293 Ga. 110, 744 S.E.2d 21, 2013 WL 2372187

Snippet: alleged conversation during discovery. See OCGA § 17-16-6.6 This allegation of error lacks merit. The record

Culler v. State

Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 2004-03-29

Citation: 594 S.E.2d 631, 277 Ga. 717, 2004 Fulton County D. Rep. 1137, 2004 Ga. LEXIS 271

Snippet: undeveloped negatives as evidence. [5] OCGA § 17-16-6. [6] Watts v. State, 265 Ga. 888, 463 S.E.2d 696

Powell v. State

Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 1998-11-23

Citation: 510 S.E.2d 18, 270 Ga. 327, 98 Fulton County D. Rep. 4177, 1998 Ga. LEXIS 1148

Snippet: institutionalized, and the patients of psychotherapists); § 16-6-6 (bestiality); § 16-6-7 (sexual assault of a dead