O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 38-2-1079 (2019)

Conviction of lesser included offense

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)

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.

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An accused may be found guilty of an offense necessarily included in the offense charged or of an attempt to commit either the offense charged or an offense necessarily included therein.

History

Code 1981, § 38-2-1079, 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. § 879.