GA 16-5-5 - GA 16-5-5

JUDICIAL DECISIONS Editor's notes. - In light of the similarity of the statutory provisions, decisions under former O.C.G.A. § 16-5-5 are included in the annotations for this Code section. O.C.G.A. § 16-5-5 (b) unconstitutional. - Former O.C.G.A. § 16-5-5 (b) was unconstitutional under the free speech provisions of the United States and Georgia Constitutions, U.S. Const., amend. 1 and Ga. Const. 1983, Art. I, Sec. I, Para. V, because it was not all assisted suicides that were criminalized but only those that include a public advertisement or offer to assist; because the state failed to provide any explanation or evidence as to why a public advertisement or offer to assist in an otherwise legal activity was sufficiently problematic to justify an intrusion on protected speech rights, it coul...