{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-17-10-13","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 17-10-13","heading":"Legal adjudication of guilt in court having jurisdiction to precede assessment of punishment.","body":"The punishments prescribed by this Code shall be assessed only after a legal adjudication of guilt in a court having jurisdiction.","path":["TITLE 17 Criminal Procedure","CHAPTER 10 Sentence and Punishment","Article 1 Procedure for Sentencing and Imposition of Punishment"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.17.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":"7836ba52a2d2d278a8156b1f3d6519d83496de98c79530b7f8286e737c0eb0af","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-17-10-12","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-17-10-14"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}