Georgia

The Criminal Code of Georgia

GENERAL PART

SECTION THREE. PUNISHMENT

CHAPTER XI. SENTENCING

Article 60. Awarding Sentence in Case of Cumulative Conviction
1. When awarding a sentence in case of cumulative conviction, the court shall sum up the sentence of the last conviction the unserved part of the sentence of the prior conviction in part or in whole.
2. The term or extent of the sentence awarded under cumulative conviction, if it is more lenient than imprisonment, shall in no way exceed the maximum term or extent prescribed for the foregoing type of punishment under General Part of this Code.
3. The term of imprisonment awarded as final sentence under cumulative conviction shall not be in excess of thirty years.
4. The final sentence awarded under cumulative conviction shall be longer than the sentence awarded for the newly committed crime as well as the unserved term of the sentence awarded under prior conviction.
5. The summing up of additional sentences in case of cumulative conviction shall be carried out in manner prescribed under Paragraph 2 of Article 62-e of this Code.

Keywords

Joint sentence following multiple convictions - national proceedings



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