Ga First Offenders Program

Ga First Offenders Program Georgia

If you are sentenced under Georgia’s First Offender Act and successfully complete your sentence, you will not have a conviction and the charge will be sealed from your official criminal history.ELIGIBILITY:. You have never been convicted of a felony (in any state);.

You have never been sentenced as a First Offender;. Your charge is not Driving under the Influence (DUI);. Your charge is not a serious crime committed against a law enforcement officer engaged in his duties;. Your charge is not a serious violent felony (O.C.G.A. §17-10-6.1);. Your charge is not a serious sexual offense (O.C.G.A. §17-10-6.2);.

Ga First Offenders Program

Your charge is not related to child pornography (O.C.G.A. §16-12-100.2); and.

Ga First Offenders Program In North Carolina

Your charge is not related to electronic sexual exploitation of a minor, computer pornography (O.C.G.A. §§ 16-12-100, et. Seq)PROCESS:. You or your attorney must ask the judge to sentence you under the First Offender Act before you are sentenced. The judge decides whether to sentence you as a First Offender, with input from your attorney and the prosecutor. (NOTE: If the judge denies the request, the decision cannot be appealed.). If the judge decides to treat you as a First Offender, you will be sentenced.