Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 16. CRIMES AND OFFENSES · Chapter 3. DEFENSES TO CRIMINAL PROSECUTIONS · Article 1. RESPONSIBILITY

16-3-1. Minimum age.

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A person shall not be considered or found guilty of a crime unless he has attained the age of 13 years at the time of the act, omission, or negligence constituting the crime.

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

Code 1933, § 26-701, enacted by Ga. L. 1968, p. 1249, § 1.

Law reviews

For article recommending more consistency in age requirements of laws pertaining to the welfare of minors, see 6 Ga. St. B. J. 189 (1969). For article suggesting upward adjustment to age 15 of the age of criminal responsibility and creation of a rebuttable presumption of adult accountability for youths aged 15 to 18, see 23 Mercer L. Rev. 341 (1972). For survey article on constitutional law, see 34 Mercer L. Rev. 53 (1982). For article, ‘‘Annual Survey of Georgia Law: June 1, 2015 — May 31, 2016: Special Contribution: Georgia’s Safe Harbor Ruling for Affirmative Defenses in Criminal Cases Should Be Revisited,’’ see 68 Mercer L. Rev. 35 (2016). For comment criticizing Hatch v. O’Neill, 231 Ga. 446, 202 S.E.2d 44 (1973), holding individual under age of criminal responsibility not civilly liable for willful torts, see 26 Mercer L. Rev. 367 (1974).

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