GA 16-11-131 - GA 16-11-131

General Consideration Constitutionality. - O.C.G.A. § 16-11-131(a) , defining a felony for purposes of the charge of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, creates an ambiguity in that a person of ordinary intelligence could fail to appreciate that the definition was meant to look past the treatment given a criminal offense by an out-of-state jurisdiction and encompass within the ambit of O.C.G.A. § 16-11-131 any offense with a maximum sentence exceeding 12 months, even those denominated "misdemeanor" by the rendering jurisdiction; section was held partly unconstitutional in that it failed to give sufficient notice as to what out-of-state convictions could be used in support of the charge. State v. Langlands, 276 Ga. 721 , 583 S.E.2d 18 (2003). O.C.G.A. § 16-11-131 is a reasonable r...