Official Code of Georgia Annotated

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

17-10-18. Notification to seek enhanced penalty.

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At any time after the filing of an indictment or accusation but not later than the arraignment, the state shall notify the defendant of its intention to seek the enhanced penalty or penalties authorized by Code Section 17-10-17. The notice shall be in writing and shall allege the specific factor or factors authorizing an enhanced sentence in the case pursuant to Code Section 17-10-17.

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 1981, § 17-10-18, enacted by Ga. L. 2000, p. 224, § 1.

Editor's notes

Ga. L. 2000, p. 224, § 2, not codified by the General Assembly, provided in part that this Code section is applicable to offenses committed on or after July 1, 2000.

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