O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 42-8-1 (2019)

[Reserved] Creation; composition; selection of members; terms of office

✓ 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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History

Ga. L. 1980, p. 400, § 1; Ga. L. 2014, p. 866, § 42/SB 340; repealed by Ga. L. 2015, p. 422, § 2-1/HB 310, effective July 1, 2015.

Annotations

Editor’s notes. Ga. L. 2015, p. 422, § 6-1/HB 310, not codified by the General Assembly, pro-

vides that: “This Act shall become effective July 1, 2015, and shall apply to sentences entered on or after such date.” Ga. L. 2017, p. 774, § 42(1)/HB 323, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, in 2017, designated this Code section as reserved.

ARTICLE 2 STATE-WIDE PROBATION SYSTEM Editor’s notes. Ga. L. 2015, p. 422, § 6-1/HB 310, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: “This Act shall become effective July 1, 2015, and shall apply to sentences entered on or after such date.”

Law reviews. For article, “Where is the Strike Zone? Arguing for a Uniformly Narrow Interpretation of the Prison Litigation Reform Act’s ‘Three Strikes’ Rule,” see 70 Emory L.J. 755 (2021).

JUDICIAL DECISIONS Construction. - State-wide probation system is strictly construed in favor of a defendant. Helton v. State, 166 Ga. App.

565, 305 S.E.2d 27, 1983 Ga. App. LEXIS 2251 (1983).

RESEARCH REFERENCES ALR. Revocation of probation based on defendant’s misrepresentation or concealment

of information A.L.R.4th 1182.

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