History. Orig. Code 1863, § 4603; Code 1868, § 4626; Code 1873, § 4723; Code 1882, § 4723; Penal Code 1895, § 896; Penal Code 1910, § 917; Code 1933, § 27-207; Ga. L. 1975, p. 1209, § 1; Ga. L. 1981, p. 880, § 6; Ga. L. 1981, p. 1393, § 1; Ga. L. 1986, p. 490, § 1; Ga. L. 1986, p. 657, § 1; Ga. L. 1988, p. 1251, § 1; Ga. L. 1991, p. 624, § 1; Ga. L. 1997, p. 700, § 1; Ga. L. 2006, p. 812, § 3/SB 532; Ga. L. 2013, p. 667, § 2/SB 86; Ga. L. 2021, p. 625, § 1/HB 479.
The 2021 amendment, effective May 10, 2021, redesignated the existing provisions of subsection (a) as paragraph (a)(1) and made related redesignations; and added paragraphs (a)(2) and (a)(3). See Editor’s notes for applicability.
Code Commission notes.
Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1997, “18” was substituted for “eighteen” in subsection (a).
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 2021, p. 625, § 8/HB479, not codified by the General Assembly, provides, in part, that: “This Act shall not apply to rights and duties that matured, penalties that were incurred, or proceedings that were begun before the effective date of this Act.” This Act became effective May 10, 2021.
Administrative rules and regulations.
Uniform Crime Reporting, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Georgia Crime Information Center Council, Practice and Procedure, Rule 140-2-.12.
Law reviews.
For article, “Constitutional Criminal Litigation,” see 32 Mercer L. Rev. 993 (1981).
For article surveying developments in Georgia juvenile court practice and procedure from mid-1980 through mid-1981, see 33 Mercer L. Rev. 167 (1981).
For annual survey of criminal law and procedure, see 35 Mercer L. Rev. 103 (1983).
For article, “Gender and Justice in the Courts: A Report to the Supreme Court of Georgia by the Commission on Gender Bias in the Judicial System,” see 8 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 539 (1992).
For survey of 1995 Eleventh Circuit cases on constitutional criminal procedure, see 47 Mercer L. Rev. 765 (1996).
For article, “Symposium Protect and Serve: Perspectives on 21st Century Policing January 20, 2017: State Labor Law and Federal Police Reform,” see 51 Ga. L. Rev. 1209 (2017).
For article, “Missing Police Body Camera Videos: Remedies, Evidentiary Fairness, and Automatic Activation,” see 52 Ga. L. Rev. 57 (2017).
For article, “Symposium Protect and Serve: Perspectives on 21st Century Policing January 20, 2017: Youth/Police Encounters on Chicago’s South Side: Acknowledging the Realities,” see 51 Ga. L. Rev. 1079 (2017).
For article, “Symposium Protect and Serve: Perspectives on 21st Century Policing January 20, 2017: Commodifying Policing: A Recipe for Community-Police Tensions,” see 51 Ga. L. Rev. 1047 (2017).
For article, “Symposium Protect and Serve: Perspectives on 21st Century Policing January 20, 2017: The Problematic Prosecution of an Asian American Police Officer: Notes: From a Participant in People v. Peter Liang,” see 51 Ga. L. Rev. 1023 (2017).
For article, “Symposium Protect and Serve: Perspectives on 21st Century Policing January 20, 2017: Keynote Address,” see 51 Ga. L. Rev. 981 (2017).
For article, “Police Pursuits: A Comprehensive Look at the Broad Spectrum of Police Pursuit Liability and Law,” see 57 Mercer L. Rev. 511 (2006).
For survey article on criminal law, see 59 Mercer L. Rev. 89 (2007).
For article, “HB 479: Repeal of Georgia’s Citizen’s Arrest Law,” see 38 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 25 (2021).