GA 16-10-56 - GA 16-10-56

JUDICIAL DECISIONS Construction with O.C.G.A. § 16-11-30 . - Defendant, who was charged with riot in a penal institution in violation of O.C.G.A. § 16-10-56 , was not similarly situated for equal protection purposes to persons charged with riot under O.C.G.A. § 16-11-30 because only those charged with the same crime as defendant could be similarly situated. Drew v. State, 285 Ga. 848 , 684 S.E.2d 608 (2009). Application with O.C.G.A. § 16-10-24 . - Defendant's act of swinging the defendant's fist at the deputy satisfied the elements of both riot in a penal institution under O.C.G.A. § 16-10-56(a) , and obstruction of a law enforcement officer by offering violence under O.C.G.A. § 16-10-24(b) , and because the two defined crimes did not address the same criminal conduct, there was no ambigu...