{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-42-7-8","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 42-7-8","heading":"Court recommendation of treatment as youthful offender.","body":"If a court finds that a youthful offender might benefit from this chapter, the court may recommend that a young offender be treated as a youthful offender by indicating the recommendation in writing in the sentence itself. When the judge has recommended in the sentence that a person be given youthful offender treatment, release may be made without regard to limitations placed upon the service of a portion of the prison sentence provided by Code Section 42-9-45. After the offender is evaluated, the department will make the decision concerning the placement of the offender.","path":["TITLE 42 Penal Institutions","CHAPTER 7 Treatment of Youthful Offenders"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.42.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":"f6ab511a505f93b13b7bcd7c9bfb5cc4a29e87dbc0512cd2ec94bb637a4508a4","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-42-7-7","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-42-7-9"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}