{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-17-10-4","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 17-10-4","heading":"Punishment for misdemeanors of a high and aggravated nature.","body":"(a) A person who is convicted of a misdemeanor of a high and aggravated nature shall be punished by a fine not to exceed $5,000.00 or by confinement in the county or other jail, county correctional institution, or such other places as counties may provide for maintenance of county inmates, for a term not to exceed 12 months, or both; provided, however, that a person convicted of a misdemeanor of a high and aggravated nature which was committed by an inmate within the confines of a state correctional institution and sentenced to confinement as a result of such offense shall be sentenced to confinement under the jurisdiction of the Board of Corrections in a state correctional institution or such other institution as the Department of Corrections may direct for a term which shall not exceed 12 months. In all cases of a conviction of a misdemeanor of a high and aggravated nature, the sentencing court shall retain jurisdiction to amend, modify, alter, suspend, or probate sentences imposed under this Code section at any time; but in no instance shall a sentence imposed under this Code section be modified in such a manner as to increase the amount of fine or the term of confinement.\n(b) Notwithstanding any laws to the contrary, a person sentenced for a misdemeanor of a high and aggravated nature may earn no more than four days per month earned time allowance.","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":"24b4282843b8bbf4fdab943288831bdb1692adafa81f616a46ff2f0f4f1c69ab","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-17-10-3.1","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-17-10-5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}