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O.C.G.A. § 38-2-1078 — Accessory after the fact | Georgia Code

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TITLE 38 MILITARY, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, AND VETERANS AFFAIRS

Section 2. Military Affairs, 38-2-1 through 38-2-1145.

ARTICLE 5 CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE

38-2-1078. Accessory after the fact.

Any person subject to this article who, knowing that an offense punishable by this article has been committed, receives, comforts, or assists the offender in order to hinder or prevent his or her apprehension, trial, or punishment shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

(Code 1981, §38-2-1078, enacted by Ga. L. 2015, p. 753, § 1/HB 98.)

U.S. Code.

- For similar provision in Uniform Code of Military Justice, see 10 U.S.C. § 878.

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 21 Am. Jur. 2d, Criminal Law, § 117.

ALR.

- Charge of harboring or concealing or assisting one charged with crime to avoid arrest, predicated upon financial assistance, 130 A.L.R. 150.

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