Official Code of Georgia Annotated

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

17-10-5. Imposition of misdemeanor punishment for felonies punishable by imprisonment for term of ten years or less.

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When a defendant is found guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for a maximum term of ten years or less, the judge may, in his discretion, impose punishment as for a misdemeanor.

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, § 26-3101, enacted by Ga. L. 1968, p. 1249, § 1.

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