O.C.G.A.
Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.
(a) As used in this Code section, the term ‘‘split sentence’’ means any felony sentence that includes a term of imprisonment followed by a term of probation. (b) In any case where a judge on or after July 1, 2015, sentences a defendant to a split sentence, post-incarceration supervision of the defendant shall be conducted exclusively by the Department of Community Supervision and not by the State Board of Pardons and Paroles, regardless of whether the defendant has served the full period of incarceration ordered in the sentence or has been released prior to the full period of incarceration by parole, conditional release, or other action of the State Board of Pardons and Paroles.
History
Code 1981, § 17-10-1.4, enacted by Ga. L. 2015, p. 422, § 5-31/HB 310.
Annotations
Editor’s notes. - Ga. L. 2015, p. 422, § 6-1/HB 310, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: ‘‘This Act shall
become effective July 1, 2015, and shall apply to sentences entered on or after such date.’’ Law reviews. - For article on the 2015 enactment of this Code section, see 32 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 231 (2015).
Notes of Decisions
Cited in
2
cases, 2016–2016 · leading case:
State v. T. M. H., 794 S.E.2d 201 (Ga. Ct. App. 2016).
State v. T. M. H., 794 S.E.2d 201 (Ga. Ct. App. 2016).
· cites it 2× “OCGA § 17-10-14 appears inArticle 1, alongside general sentencing provisions for, among other things, split sentencing (OCGA § 17-10-1.4), general misdemeanor punishments (OCGA § 17-10-3), and collection of fines and restitution (OCGA § 17-10-20).”
State v. T. M. H. (Ga. Ct. App. 2016).
· cites it 2× “…§ 17-10-14 appears in Article 1, alongside general sentencing provisions for, among other things, split sentencing (OCGA § 17-10-1.4), general misdemeanor punishments (OCGA § 17-10-3), sentence review panels (OCGA § 17-10-6), and collection of fines and restitution (OCGA §…”
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