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title: O.C.G.A. § 21-2-600. Punishment for felonies under chapter.
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# O.C.G.A. § 21-2-600. Punishment for felonies under chapter.

Except as otherwise provided, any person convicted of a felony under this chapter shall be punished by a fine not to exceed $10,000.00 or imprisonment of not less than one year nor more than ten years, or both, in the discretion of the trial court, or may be punished as for a misdemeanor in the discretion of the trial court.

## History

Code 1933, § 34-1940, enacted by Ga. L. 1964 Ex. Sess., p. 26, § 1; Code 1981, § 21-2-599; Code 1981, § 21-2-600, as redesignated by Ga. L. 1998, p. 295, § 1; Ga. L. 1998, p. 1231, §§ 19, 42; Ga. L. 2007, p. 536, § 13/SB 40.