The punishments prescribed by this Code shall be assessed only after a legal adjudication of guilt in a court having jurisdiction. History. — Penal Code 1895, § 20; Penal Code 1910, § 20; Code 1933, § 27-2509.
Legal adjudication of guilt in court having jurisdiction to precede assessment of punishment
O.C.G.A. § 17-10-13, under PROCEDURE FOR SENTENCING AND IMPOSITION OF PUNISHMENT.
O.C.G.A. § 17-10-13