O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A. § 17-4-28 (2019)
Advising, encouraging, or procuring dismissal or settlement of warrant by arresting officer
✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
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Any arresting officer who advises or encourages the dismissal or settlement of any criminal warrant placed in his hands for execution, either before or after an arrest is made on the warrant, or who procures or encourages the dismissal or settlement of such warrants by threats, duress, intimidation, promises, or any other artifice or means shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
History
Ga. L. 1897, p. 98, § 1; Penal Code 1910, § 923; Code 1933, § 27-9901.
Annotations
JUDICIAL DECISIONS Cited in Fox v. State, 34 Ga. App. 74, 128 S.E. 222 (1925).
RESEARCH REFERENCES C.J.S. - 22 C.J.S., Criminal Procedure and Rights of the Accused, § 275 et seq.
67 C.J.S., Officers and Public Employees, § 437 et seq.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case (1 in the last 5 years), 2026–2026 · leading case: Resendiz (N.D. Ga. 2026).
Resendiz (N.D. Ga. 2026). “Viewing all facts in the light most favorable to 7 Resendiz also alleges that Christian breached his public duties pursuant to O.C.G.A. § 17-4-28, but the Court finds that provision inapplicable because it concerns criminal warrants.”
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