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O.C.G.A. § 42-7-1 — Short title | Georgia Code
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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.

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