{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-17-10-32","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 17-10-32","heading":"Sentencing of person indicted for capital offense to life imprisonment or other punishment upon plea of guilty.","body":"Any person who has been indicted for an offense punishable by death may enter a plea of guilty at any time after his indictment, and the judge of the superior court having jurisdiction may, in his discretion, sentence the person to life imprisonment or to any other punishment authorized by law for the offense named in the indictment; provided, however, that the judge must find one of the statutory aggravating circumstances provided in Code Section 17-10-30 before imposing the death penalty, except in cases of treason or aircraft hijacking.","path":["TITLE 17 Criminal Procedure","CHAPTER 10 Sentence and Punishment","Article 2 Death Penalty Generally"],"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":"a80df42f94013aac57ac5da6c4b78ee11ae837a53f33be73095fd2f987db6f32","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-17-10-31.1","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-17-10-32.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}