A person may be sentenced to life without parole without the prosecutor seeking the death penalty under the laws of this state.
(Code 1981, §17-10-16.1, enacted by Ga. L. 2011, p. 752, § 17/HB 142.)
Editor's notes.- This Code section is reflective of uncodified provisions from Ga. L. 2009, p. 223, § 10.
JUDICIAL DECISIONS
State was permitted to seek a sentence of life without parole since the murder occurred one year after the law was changed to permit such a sentence. Heywood v. State, 292 Ga. 771, 743 S.E.2d 12 (2013).