{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-16-10-50","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 16-10-50","heading":"Hindering apprehension or punishment of criminal.","body":"(a) A person commits the offense of hindering the apprehension or punishment of a criminal when, with intention to hinder the apprehension or punishment of a person whom he knows or has reasonable grounds to believe has committed a felony or to be an escaped inmate or prisoner, he:\n(1) Harbors or conceals such person; or\n(2) Conceals or destroys evidence of the crime.\n(b) A person convicted of the offense of hindering apprehension or punishment of a criminal shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than one nor more than five years.","path":["TITLE 16 Crimes and Offenses","CHAPTER 10 Offenses Against Public Administration","Article 3 Escape and Other Offenses Related to Confinement"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.16.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"a67d7dfcc2397e5cb89effc0cd1510890b560d83471573cf118b61c9a8e8d17e","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-16-10-34","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-16-10-51"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}