Prisoner#1 said: he's talking about the fucked up nature of some of georgias laws, the reason the charges were dropped was because there's no way they could have really prosecuted it under the law because of the wording, there's a clause in it that says 'unjustifiable' regarding harm or threats, battery requires a bit of physical contact
another interesting thing... they cant ban him from a city or banish him from the state, all kinds of civil rights violations if what he's saying is accurate
Quote: Title 16, Section 16-1-2
The general purposes of this title are:
(1) To forbid and prevent conduct which unjustifiably and inexcusably causes or threatens substantial harm to individual or public interests;
(2) To give fair warning of the nature of the conduct forbidden and the sentence authorized upon conviction;
(3) To define that which constitutes each crime; and
(4) To prescribe penalties which are proportionate to the seriousness of crimes and which permit recognition of differences in rehabilitation possibilities among individual criminals.
Title 16, Section 16-5-23
(a) A person commits the offense of simple battery when he or she either:
(1) Intentionally makes physical contact of an insulting or provoking nature with the person of another; or
(2) Intentionally causes physical harm to another.
(b) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (c) through (i) of this Code section, a person convicted of the offense of simple battery shall be punished as for a misdemeanor.
(c) Any person who commits the offense of simple battery against a person who is 65 years of age or older or against a female who is pregnant at the time of the offense shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished for a misdemeanor of a high and aggravated nature.
(d) Any person who commits the offense of simple battery in a public transit vehicle or station shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished for a misdemeanor of a high and aggravated nature. For purposes of this Code section, 'public transit vehicle' has the same meaning as in subsection (c) of Code Section 16-5-20.
(e) Any person who commits the offense of simple battery against a police officer, law enforcement dog, correction officer, or detention officer engaged in carrying out official duties shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished for a misdemeanor of a high and aggravated nature.
(f) If the offense of simple battery is committed between past or present spouses, persons who are parents of the same child, parents and children, stepparents and stepchildren, foster parents and foster children, or other persons excluding siblings living or formerly living in the same household, the defendant shall be punished for a misdemeanor of a high and aggravated nature. In no event shall this subsection be applicable to corporal punishment administered by a parent or guardian to a child or administered by a person acting in loco parentis.
(g) A person who is an employee, agent, or volunteer at any facility licensed or required to be licensed under Code Section 31-7-3, relating to long-term care facilities, or Code Section 31-7-12, relating to personal care homes, or who is required to be licensed pursuant to Code Section 31-7-151 or 31-7-173, relating to home health care and hospices, who commits the offense of simple battery against a person who is admitted to or receiving services from such facility, person, or entity shall be punished for a misdemeanor of a high and aggravated nature.
(h) Any person who commits the offense of simple battery against a sports official while such sports official is officiating an amateur contest or while such sports official is on or exiting the property where he or she will officiate or has completed officiating an amateur contest shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished for a misdemeanor of a high and aggravated nature. For the purposes of this Code section, the term 'sports official' means any person who officiates, umpires, or referees an amateur contest at the collegiate, elementary or secondary school, or recreational level.
(i) Any person who commits the offense of simple battery against an employee of a public school system of this state while such employee is engaged in official duties or on school property shall, upon conviction of such offense, be punished for a misdemeanor of a high and aggravated nature. For purposes of this Code section, 'school property' shall include public school buses and stops for public school buses as designated by local school boards of education
I wasnt banned because they decided that is what they wanted to do. My lawyer knows that I need to get back to Cali Legally so I can fucking work, Jesus what a concept. On probation or parole it is literally impossible for me to be transferred due the law - and I dont want to run because these mother fuckers WILL come get you once you get a simple traffic ticket, run NCIC and BAM warrant. Then back to GA, to wait in the county for 3 months for court - everything I could of built would of been lost.
SO, my lawyer and I pushed to get me banned from the Cordele (local) circuit and what the means is I have suspended sentence for the remainder of my time. Ultimately that means i have to leave Cordele and not the next town over, I have to go - and I can go anywhere. This is what we setup and what we both wanted.
Am I making sense, Jesus. I feel so anxious you know? just yesterday morning I was going through the motions the get my store call and get over the library amidst real live killers, rapist, sex offenders, drug dealers etc. And now here I am talking to you fine folks. I feel a little like this isnt real.
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