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2018 Georgia Code 42-8-35.5 | Car Wreck Lawyer

Link to State of Georgia Official Statute 2018 Georgia Code Annotated (sourced from legal.resource.org)
O.C.G.A. 42-8-35.5 Case Law from Google Scholar Amendments to OCGA 42-8-35.5

TITLE 42 PENAL INSTITUTIONS

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

ARTICLE 2 STATE-WIDE PROBATION SYSTEM

42-8-35.5. Confinement in probation diversion center.

Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 2016, p. 443, § 8-6/SB 367, effective July 1, 2016.

Editor's notes.

- This Code section was based on Code 1981, § 42-8-35.5, enacted by Ga. L. 1995, p. 627, § 1; Ga. L. 2015, p. 422, § 4-1/HB 310.

Law reviews.

- For article on the 2016 repeal of this Code section, see 33 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 139 (2016).

Cases Citing O.C.G.A. § 42-8-35.5

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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

...[4] Subsequent to the 1993 amendment to OCGA § 42-8-35.1, the General Assembly enacted two companion statutes providing additional alternatives to incarceration for felony probationers, and certain misdemeanor probationers whose sentence of probation has been revoked. See OCGA §§ 42-8-35.4; 42-8-35.5....
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State v. Pless, 646 S.E.2d 202 (Ga. 2007).

Cited 12 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Jun 4, 2007 | 282 Ga. 58, 2007 Fulton County D. Rep. 1747

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Wilson v. Windsor, 280 Ga. 576 (Ga. 2006).

Cited 5 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | May 8, 2006 | 630 S.E.2d 367, 2006 Fulton County D. Rep. 1422

...The legislature could have provided simply that all misdemeanors may be punished by confinement in such centers. Instead, it chose to word the amendment so that it provides that misdemeanors may be punished by confinement in state probation detention centers “pursuant to Code Sections 42-8-35.4 and 42-8-35.5.” We cannot render that language meaningless. Id....
...(a) Except as otherwise provided by law, every crime declared to be a misdemeanor shall be punished as follows: . . . (2) By confinement under the jurisdiction of the Board of Corrections in a state probation detention center or diversion center pursuant to Code Sections 42-8-35.4 and 42-8-35.5 for a determinate term of months which shall not exceed a total term of 12 months. This subsection reads: Any part of a sentence of probation revoked for a violation other than a subsequent commission of any felony, a violation of a spec...