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2018 Georgia Code 42-7-1 | Car Wreck Lawyer

Link to State of Georgia Official Statute 2018 Georgia Code Annotated (sourced from legal.resource.org)
O.C.G.A. 42-7-1 Case Law from Google Scholar Amendments to OCGA 42-7-1

TITLE 42 PENAL INSTITUTIONS

Section 7. Treatment of Youthful Offenders, 42-7-1 through 42-7-9.

ARTICLE 2 INTERSTATE AGREEMENT ON DETAINERS

42-7-1. Short title.

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Georgia Youthful Offender Act of 1972."

(Ga. L. 1972, p. 592, § 1; Ga. L. 1985, p. 420, § 1.)

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Applicability.

- Georgia Youthful Offender Act of 1972, O.C.G.A. § 42-7-1 et seq., impacted a sentence and not a conviction. Smith v. State, 266 Ga. App. 111, 596 S.E.2d 230 (2004).

Cited in Carrindine v. Ricketts, 236 Ga. 283, 223 S.E.2d 627 (1976); Crowley v. State, 141 Ga. App. 867, 234 S.E.2d 700 (1977); Wilson v. State, 148 Ga. App. 368, 251 S.E.2d 387 (1978); Duncan v. State, 148 Ga. App. 685, 252 S.E.2d 190 (1979).

RESEARCH REFERENCES

ALR.

- Treatment under Federal Juvenile Delinquency Act (18 USCS §§ 5031-5042) of juvenile alleged to have violated law of United States, 137 A.L.R. Fed 481.

Cases Citing O.C.G.A. § 42-7-1

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Emory Univ. v. Levitas, 401 S.E.2d 691 (Ga. 1991).

Cited 48 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Mar 11, 1991 | 260 Ga. 894, 63 Fulton County D. Rep. 17

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Conley v. Pate, 305 Ga. 333 (Ga. 2019).

Cited 12 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Mar 4, 2019

...in any event so disproportionate to the crime of statutory rape that it amounts to cruel and unusual punishment; and that the sentencing court erred when it sentenced him for aggravated assault without considering the Youthful Offender Act, OCGA § 42-7-1 et seq....
...at 702 (4) (life sentence with 25 years to serve was not unconstitutional for juvenile defendant convicted of aggravated child molestation). 4. Last, we turn to the conclusion of the habeas court that the sentencing court improperly failed to consider the Youthful Offender Act, OCGA § 42-7-1 et seq., when it sentenced Pate for aggravated assault....
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Conley v. Pate, 825 S.E.2d 135 (Ga. 2019).

Cited 12 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Mar 4, 2019

...is in any event so disproportionate to the crime of statutory rape that it amounts to cruel and unusual punishment; and that the sentencing court erred when it sentenced him for aggravated assault without considering the Youthful Offender Act, OCGA § 42-7-1 et seq....
...at 702 (4), 707 S.E.2d 359 (life sentence with 25 years to serve was not unconstitutional for juvenile defendant convicted of aggravated child molestation). 4. Last, we turn to the conclusion of the habeas court that the sentencing court improperly failed to consider the Youthful Offender Act, OCGA § 42-7-1 et seq., when it sentenced Pate for aggravated assault....