O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A.

49-4A-18 (2019)

Prohibited possession of certain goods by youth; penalty

✓ 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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(a) As used in this Code section, the term:

(1) “Director” means the commissioner or any director of a juvenile detention center or his or her designee, or any other person who is responsible for the overall management and operation of a center.

(2) “Juvenile detention center” means a regional youth detention center or youth development center operated by or on behalf of the department.

(3) “Telecommunications device” means a device, an apparatus associated with a device, or a component of a device that enables, or may be used to enable, communication with a person outside a place of incarceration, including, but not limited to, a telephone, cellular telephone, personal digital assistant, transmitting radio, or computer connected or capable of being connected to a computer network, by wireless or other technology, or otherwise capable of communicating with a person or device outside of a place of incarceration.

(4) “Youth” means an offender assigned to a juvenile detention center.

(b) Without the authorization of the director, it shall be unlawful for any person to obtain for, to procure for, or to give to a youth a gun, pistol, knife, or any other weapon; a bullet, ammunition, or any other explosive device; tobacco products; intoxicating liquor; marijuana, amphetamines, or any other hallucinogenic drugs or other drugs, regardless of the amount; any telecommunications device; or any other article or item.

(c) Without the authorization of the director, it shall be unlawful for a youth to possess a gun, pistol, knife, or any other weapon; a bullet, ammunition, or any other explosive device; tobacco products; intoxicating liquor; marijuana, amphetamines, or any other hallucinogenic drugs or other drugs, regardless of the amount; any telecommunications device; or any other article or item.

(d) Any person who violates this Code section shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than one year nor more than four years.

History

Code 1981, § 49-4A-18, enacted by Ga. L. 2012, p. 1339, § 2/SB 366.

Annotations

Editor’s notes. Ga. L. 2012, p. 1339, § 3/SB 366, not

codified by the General Assembly, provides, in part, that this Code section shall apply to offenses committed on or after July 1, 2012.

CHAPTER 4B INTERSTATE COMPACT FOR JUVENILES Sec.

Short title. Compact. Role of Governor in imple-

mentation of compact; promulgation of rules and regulations by board.

Cross references. Juvenile Code, § 15-11-1 et seq.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case (1 in the last 5 years), 2026–2026 · leading case: Jerbrea Hanson v. State (Ga. Ct. App. 2026).
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Jerbrea Hanson v. State (Ga. Ct. App. 2026). · cites it 6× “A grand jury indicted Jerbrea Hanson for one count of prohibited possession of certain goods by youth under OCGA § 49-4A-18 and, with her co-defendant Ananda Dennis, one count of violating her oath as a public officer in violation of OCGA § 16- 10-1.”
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