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HB 718 - Hindering apprehension or punish- ment of criminal; misdemeanor

Callaway, Gene (81st)	Randall, William (Billy) C (127th)	Jenkins, Curtis S (110th)
Mobley, Barbara J (69th)	Reese, Bobby (85th)	Watson, Stanley (70th)

Status Summary	HC:	SJudy	SC:		FR:	02/22/99	LA:	03/24/99	H - Recommitted

First Reader Summary

A BILL to amend Chapter 10 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to offenses against public administration, so as to provide that the offense of hindering the apprehension or punishment of a criminal applies to such actions in relation to a person known or reasonably believed to have committed a misdemeanor; and for other purposes.

Code Sections - 16-10-50

HB 718                                             LC 22 3519 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                        A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 
                               AN ACT 
 
 
  1- 1  To amend Chapter 10 of Title 16 of the Official Code of 
  1- 2  Georgia Annotated, relating to offenses against public 
  1- 3  administration, so as to provide that the offense of 
  1- 4  hindering the apprehension or punishment of a criminal 
  1- 5  applies to such actions in relation to a person known or 
  1- 6  reasonably believed to have committed a misdemeanor; to 
  1- 7  provide a penalty; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other 
  1- 8  purposes. 
 
  1- 9       BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA: 
 
  1-10                           SECTION 1. 
 
  1-11  Chapter 10 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia 
  1-12  Annotated, relating to offenses against public 
  1-13  administration, is amended by striking in its entirety Code 
  1-14  Section 16-10-50, relating to hindering the apprehension of 
  1-15  punishment of a criminal, and inserting in its place the 
  1-16  following: 
 
  1-17    "16-10-50. 
 
  1-18    (a) A person commits the offense of hindering the 
  1-19    apprehension or punishment of a criminal when, with 
  1-20    intention to hinder the apprehension or punishment of a 
  1-21    person whom he or she knows or has reasonable grounds to 
  1-22    believe has committed a felony or misdemeanor or to be an 
  1-23    escaped inmate or prisoner, he or she: 
 
  1-24      (1) Harbors or conceals such person; or 
 
  1-25      (2) Conceals or destroys evidence of the crime. 
 
  1-26      (b)(1) A person convicted of the offense of hindering 
  1-27      apprehension or punishment of a criminal shall be 
  1-28      punished by imprisonment for not less than one nor more 
  1-29      than five years if the person convicted knew or had 
  1-30      reasonable grounds to believe the person harbored or 
  1-31      concealed had committed a felony or to be an escaped 
  1-32      inmate or prisoner, or if the person convicted concealed 
  1-33      or destroyed evidence of a felony. 
 
 
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  2- 1      (2) A person convicted of the offense of hindering the 
  2- 2      apprehension of a criminal shall be punished by 
  2- 3      imprisonment for not more than one year if the person 
  2- 4      convicted knew or had reasonable grounds to believe the 
  2- 5      person harbored or concealed committed a misdemeanor, or 
  2- 6      if the person convicted concealed or destroyed evidence 
  2- 7      of a misdemeanor." 
 
  2- 8                           SECTION 2. 
 
  2- 9  All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are 
  2-10  repealed. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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