Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 17. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE · Chapter 10. SENTENCE AND PUNISHMENT · Article 1. PROCEDURE FOR SENTENCING AND IMPOSITION OF PUNISHMENT

17-10-13. Legal adjudication of guilt in court having jurisdiction to precede assessment of punishment.

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The punishments prescribed by this Code shall be assessed only after a legal adjudication of guilt in a court having jurisdiction.

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History

Penal Code 1895, § 20; Penal Code 1910, § 20; Code 1933, § 27-2509.

Law reviews

For article on the effect of nolo contendere plea on conviction, see 13 Ga. L. Rev. 723 (1979). For annual survey of death penalty decisions, see 57 Mercer L. Rev. 139 (2005); 58 Mercer L. Rev. 111 (2006).

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