Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 16. CRIMES AND OFFENSES · Chapter 3. DEFENSES TO CRIMINAL PROSECUTIONS · Article 2. JUSTIFICATION AND EXCUSE

16-3-28. Affirmative defenses.

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A defense based upon any of the provisions of this article is an affirmative defense.

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.

Code 1933, § 26-907, enacted by Ga. L. 1968, p. 1249, § 1.

For survey article on criminal law, see 60 Mercer L. Rev. 85 (2008).

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