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GEORGIA CODE (Last Updated: August 20, 2013) |
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Title 16. CRIMES AND OFFENSES |
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Chapter 7. DAMAGE TO AND INTRUSION UPON PROPERTY |
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Article 4. BOMBS, EXPLOSIVES, AND CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS |
| § 16-7-80. Definitions |
| § 16-7-81. Explosive materials |
| § 16-7-82. Manufacturing, transporting, distributing, possessing with intent to distribute, and offering to distribute an explosive device |
| § 16-7-83. Persons convicted or under indictment for certain offenses |
| § 16-7-84. Distribution of certain materials to persons under 21 years of age |
| § 16-7-85. Hoax devices |
| § 16-7-86. Attempt or conspiracy |
| § 16-7-87. Interference with officers |
| § 16-7-88. Possessing, transporting, or receiving explosives or destructive devices with intent to kill, injure, or intimidate individuals or destroy public buildings; sentencing; enhanced penalties |
| § 16-7-89. Separate offenses |
| § 16-7-90. Records and reports |
| § 16-7-91. Searches and inspections |
| § 16-7-92. Compelling attendance of witnesses and production of evidence |
| § 16-7-93. Exceptions to applicability of provisions |
| § 16-7-94. Agricultural activities |
| § 16-7-95. Forfeiture and destruction or disposition of property |
| § 16-7-96. Admissible evidence |
| § 16-7-97. Fertilizers and pesticides |
REFS & ANNOS
TITLE 16 Chapter 7 Article 4 NOTE
CROSS REFERENCES. --Regulation of manufacture, transportation, and other issues involving explosives, § 25-2-17. Penalty for terroristic threats or acts, § 16-11-37.
OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
ANY FIREBOMB WHICH CONTAINED EITHER FLAMMABLE LIQUID OR COMPOUND would come under former § 16-7-64; it is not necessary that the liquid or compound be the only ingredient, so long as it is in fact a part of the firebomb, and meets the other statutory requirements. 1968 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 68-313 (decided under former § 16-7-64).
TERM "BREAKABLE CONTAINERS" encompasses anything that could break, that is, a container that is "not unbreakable." 1968 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 68-313 (decided under former § 16-7-64).
COMPOUND. --Compound is a distinct substance formed by the chemical union of two or more ingredients in definite proportion by weight. 1968 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 68-313 (decided under former § 16-7-64).
FLAMMABLE. --If a liquid or compound could start a fire and cause the destruction intended by the user of the Molotov cocktail, then it would seem, by definition, to be "flammable." 1968 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 68-313 (decided under former § 16-7-64).
RESEARCH REFERENCES
AM. JUR. 2D. --31A Am. Jur. 2d, Explosions and Explosives, § 174 et seq.
C.J.S. --35 C.J.S., Explosives, § 95 et seq.
ALR. --Possession of bomb, Molotov cocktail, or similar device as criminal offense, 42 ALR3d 1230.
OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
ANY FIREBOMB WHICH CONTAINED EITHER FLAMMABLE LIQUID OR COMPOUND would come under former § 16-7-64; it is not necessary that the liquid or compound be the only ingredient, so long as it is in fact a part of the firebomb, and meets the other statutory requirements. 1968 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 68-313 (decided under former § 16-7-64).
TERM "BREAKABLE CONTAINERS" encompasses anything that could break, that is, a container that is "not unbreakable." 1968 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 68-313 (decided under former § 16-7-64).
COMPOUND. --Compound is a distinct substance formed by the chemical union of two or more ingredients in definite proportion by weight. 1968 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 68-313 (decided under former § 16-7-64).
FLAMMABLE. --If a liquid or compound could start a fire and cause the destruction intended by the user of the Molotov cocktail, then it would seem, by definition, to be "flammable." 1968 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 68-313 (decided under former § 16-7-64).
RESEARCH REFERENCES
AM. JUR. 2D. --31A Am. Jur. 2d, Explosions and Explosives, § 174 et seq.
C.J.S. --35 C.J.S., Explosives, § 95 et seq.
ALR. --Possession of bomb, Molotov cocktail, or similar device as criminal offense, 42 ALR3d 1230.