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Title 16. CRIMES AND OFFENSES · Chapter 10. OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION · Article 3. ESCAPE AND OTHER OFFENSES RELATED TO CONFINEMENT

16-10-50. Hindering apprehension or punishment of criminal.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

  1. (a)

    A person commits the offense of hindering the apprehension or punishment of a criminal when, with intention to hinder the apprehension or punishment of a person whom he knows or has reasonable grounds to believe has committed a felony or to be an escaped inmate or prisoner, he:#

    1. (1)

      Harbors or conceals such person; or#

    2. (2)

      Conceals or destroys evidence of the crime.#

  2. (b)

    A person convicted of the offense of hindering apprehension or punishment of a criminal shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than one nor more than five years.#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Laws 1833, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 808; Code 1863, § 4384; Code 1868, § 4422; Code 1873, § 4490; Ga. L. 1876, p. 114, § 1; Code 1882, §§ 4490, 4490a; Penal Code 1895, §§ 321, 322; Penal Code 1910, §§ 326, 327; Code 1933, §§ 26-4601, 26-4602; Code 1933, § 26-2503, enacted by Ga. L. 1968, p. 1249, § 1.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

Text read from t16-ch7-11-(v14a)-2018-pdf.pdf, Volume V14A, 2018 edition, page 690; merge action: annotated; file SHA-256 5985d65f23ef.