GA 17-10-7 - GA 17-10-7

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Constitutional limitations on power to parole. - As of January 1, 1995, there have been placed additional constitutional limitations on the power of the State Board of Pardons and Paroles to parole. The limitations include the inability to parole during the mandatory minimum sentence for the seven serious violent felonies set out in O.C.G.A. § 17-10-6.1 , the inability to parole for sentences of life without parole as set out in O.C.G.A. §§ 17-10-7(b)(2) and 17-10-16 , and the inability to parole for felony recidivists who are convicted for a fourth or subsequent such offense. Other felons and misdemeanants are required to serve the minimum time prescribed in O.C.G.A. § 42-9-45(b) , subject to the authority reserved by statute to the board in O.C.G.A. § 42-...