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.
There is created the Department of Corrections.
History
Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 42; Ga. L. 1985, p. 283, § 1; Ga. L. 2012, p. 899, § 7-3/HB 1176.
Annotations
Editor’s notes. Ga. L. 2012, p. 899, § 9-1(a)/HB 1176, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “This Act shall become effective on July 1, 2012, and shall apply to offenses which occur on or after that date. Any offense occurring before July 1, 2012, shall be governed by the statute in effect at the time of such offense and shall be
considered a prior conviction for the purpose of imposing a sentence that provides for a different penalty for a subsequent conviction for the same type of offense, of whatever degree or level, pursuant to this Act.” Law reviews. For article, “The Chevron Two-Step in Georgia’s Administrative Law,” see 46 Ga. L. Rev. 871 (2012). For article on the 2012 amendment of this Code section, see 29 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 290 (2012).
Notes of Decisions
Cited in
3
cases, 2004–2016 · leading case:
Downey v. State, 783 S.E.2d 622 (Ga. 2016).
Downey v. State, 783 S.E.2d 622 (Ga. 2016).
· cites it 2× “7 See generally OCGA § 42-2-1 et seq. 8 We note that, even if Dasher ought to have disclosed his service on the State Board of Corrections, it would have furnished no ground for Downey to challenge Dasher for cause.”
Gay v. Owens, 738 S.E.2d 614 (Ga. 2013).
· cites it 2× “The General Assembly’s use of that phrase in subsection (d) supports the conclusion that the phrase “state or local penal or correctional institution” used in subsection (b) refers only to those institutions located in Georgia.”
Wolcott v. State, 604 S.E.2d 478 (Ga. 2004).
· cites it 2× “See OCGA § 42-2-1 et seq. See also Stephens v.”
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