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2018 Georgia Code 42-9-3 | Car Wreck Lawyer

Link to State of Georgia Official Statute 2018 Georgia Code Annotated (sourced from legal.resource.org)
O.C.G.A. 42-9-3 Case Law from Google Scholar Amendments to OCGA 42-9-3

TITLE 42 PENAL INSTITUTIONS

Section 9. Pardons and Paroles, 42-9-1 through 42-9-90.

ARTICLE 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS

42-9-3. Definitions.

As used in this chapter, the term:

  1. "Board" means the State Board of Pardons and Paroles.
  2. "Community supervision officer" means a person who supervises probationers or parolees for the department.
  3. "Department" means the Department of Community Supervision.
  4. "Split sentence" means any felony sentence that includes a term of imprisonment followed by a term of probation.

(Ga. L. 2015, p. 422, § 5-81/HB 310.)

The 2015 amendment, effective July 1, 2015, substituted the present provisions of this Code section for the former provisions which read: "As used in this chapter, the term 'board' means the State Board of Pardons and Paroles." See Editor's notes for applicability.

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

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Cited in Allen v. State, 286 Ga. 392, 687 S.E.2d 799 (2010).

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Allen v. State

Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 2010-01-25

Citation: 687 S.E.2d 799, 286 Ga. 392, 2010 Fulton County D. Rep. 186, 2010 Ga. LEXIS 82

Snippet: that can be exercised by a trial judge. OCGA §§ 42-9-3, 42-9-42(a). Because the language of OCGA § 24-9-84