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2018 Georgia Code 42-8-20 | Car Wreck Lawyer

Link to State of Georgia Official Statute 2018 Georgia Code Annotated (sourced from legal.resource.org)
O.C.G.A. 42-8-20 Case Law from Google Scholar Amendments to OCGA 42-8-20

TITLE 42 PENAL INSTITUTIONS

Section 8. Probation, 42-8-1 through 42-8-159.

ARTICLE 2 STATE-WIDE PROBATION SYSTEM

42-8-20. Short title.

This article shall be known and may be cited as the "State-wide Probation Act."

(Ga. L. 1956, p. 27, § 1; Ga. L. 2015, p. 422, § 4-1/HB 310.)

Cross references.

- Payments into the Georgia Crime Victims Emergency Fund, T. 17, C. 15.

Editor's notes.

- Ga. L. 2015, p. 422, § 4-1/HB 310, effective July 1, 2015, reenacted this Code section without change.

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 on the 2015 amendment of this Code section, see 32 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 231 (2015).

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Exclusion of certain offenses.

- Offenses punishable by death or life imprisonment are expressly omitted from the provisions of Ga. L. 1956, p. 27, § 1 (see now O.C.G.A. § 42-8-20 et seq.). Brown v. State, 246 Ga. 251, 271 S.E.2d 163 (1980).

Cited in Sentinel Offender Services, LLC v. Glover, 296 Ga. 315, 766 S.E.2d 456 (2014).

Cases Citing O.C.G.A. § 42-8-20

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Johnson v. State, 475 S.E.2d 595 (Ga. 1996).

Cited 24 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Sep 9, 1996 | 267 Ga. 77, 96 Fulton County D. Rep. 3240

...ncarceration—probation boot camp' unit of the department for a period of 120 days...." (Emphasis supplied). [1] The original version of OCGA § 42-8-35.1 was enacted during the 1982 legislative session. It amended the State-wide Probation Act, OCGA § 42-8-20 et seq., by allowing the sentencing court to require as a condition of probation that "a probationer sentenced to a period of time of not less than one year nor more than five years on probation" be required to complete a program of incarc...
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Sentinel Offender Servs., LLC v. Glover, 296 Ga. 315 (Ga. 2014).

Cited 22 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Nov 24, 2014 | 766 S.E.2d 456

...(Emphasis supplied.) Based on this statutory language, the trial court determined that none of the provisions of Article 2, including OCGA § 42-8-36, 20 Article 2 encompasses the statutory provisions set forth in OCGA §§ 42-8-20 through 42- 8-44. 23 which allows probationers’ sentences to be tolled under certain circumstances,21 and OCGA § 42-8-35 (a) (14), which permits a court to impose electronic monitori...
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Roland v. Meadows, 548 S.E.2d 289 (Ga. 2001).

Cited 10 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Jun 4, 2001 | 273 Ga. 857

...If such probation is revoked, the court may order the execution of the sentence which is originally imposed or any portion thereof in the manner provided by law." The foregoing provision is applicable to the State-wide Probation Act in general, OCGA § 42-8-20 et seq....
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Barnett v. Fulton Cnty., 255 Ga. 419 (Ga. 1986).

Cited 2 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Feb 13, 1986 | 339 S.E.2d 236

...In 1913, a law was enacted authorizing grand juries to recommend establishment of probation officer positions in the various counties of this state. Ga. L. 1913, pp. 112-113, § 2. In 1956, the General Assembly enacted the “State-wide Probation Act.” OCGA § 42-8-20 et seq....
...This Act created the framework for a statewide probation system under the Department of Corrections, the name of which was later changed to the Department of Offender Rehabilitation and has since been changed back to the Department of Corrections. OCGA § 42-8-20 et seq....
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Reyes v. State, 898 S.E.2d 473 (Ga. 2024).

Cited 1 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Feb 20, 2024 | 318 Ga. 340

...terrence and punishment of crime, among other interests, against the monetary, societal, and other costs to the community and to the 16 person sentenced of his or her continued incarceration. See generally OCGA § 42-8-20 et seq....