Any conduct that is made criminal by this title or by another statute of this state and for which punishment is not otherwise provided, shall be punished as for a misdemeanor.
(Orig. Code 1863, § 4395; Ga. L. 1865-66, p. 233, § 2; Code 1868, § 4436; Code 1873, § 4509; Code 1882, § 4509; Penal Code 1895, § 334; Penal Code 1910, § 339; Code 1933, § 26-5001; Code 1933, § 26-104, enacted by Ga. L. 1968, p. 1249, § 1.)
Cross references.- Punishment for misdemeanors generally, § 17-10-3.
JUDICIAL DECISIONS
Cited in MacDougald v. State, 124 Ga. App. 619, 184 S.E.2d 687 (1971); Blair v. State, 127 Ga. App. 111, 192 S.E.2d 542 (1972); Cook v. State, 256 Ga. 808, 353 S.E.2d 333 (1987); English v. State, 282 Ga. App. 552, 639 S.E.2d 551 (2006).
RESEARCH REFERENCES
Am. Jur. 2d.
- 21 Am. Jur. 2d, Criminal Law, § 1.
ALR.
- Civil and criminal liability of soldiers, sailors, and militiamen, 143 A.L.R. 1530.