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.
The General Assembly recognizes that many innocent persons suffer personal physical injury, serious mental or emotional trauma, severe financial hardship, or death as a result of criminal acts or attempted criminal acts. The General Assembly finds and determines that there is a need for assistance for such victims of crimes. Accordingly, it is the General Assembly’s intent that under certain circumstances, aid, care, and assistance be provided by the state for such victims of crimes.
History
Code 1981, § 17-15-1, enacted by Ga. L. 1988, p. 591, § 1; Ga. L.
2009, p. 195, § 1/SB 172; Ga. L. 2014, p. 354, § 1/SB 187.
Annotations
The 2014 amendment, effective July 1, 2014, substituted "crimes" for "crime" in the second and third sentences and inserted a comma after "circumstances" in the third sentence.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in
2
cases, 2001–2008 · leading case:
Beneke v. Parker, 667 S.E.2d 97 (Ga. Ct. App. 2008).
Beneke v. Parker, 667 S.E.2d 97 (Ga. Ct. App. 2008).
· cites it 2× “Beneke points to the more restrictive definition of “crime” found in the statute providing compensation to certain victims from a state-administered fund (see OCGA § 17-15-1 et seq.) and encourages this Court to graft that definition into OCGA § 9-3-99.”
Bowen v. State, 556 S.E.2d 252 (Ga. Ct. App. 2001).
· cites it 4× “11 We reject the State’s argument that evidence corroborating V.”
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