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2021 Georgia Code
Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses
Chapter 2 - Criminal Liability
Article 1 - Culpability
§ 16-2-5. Presumption That Sound Person Intends Natural and Probable Consequences of Acts
Universal Citation: GA Code § 16-2-5 (2021)
A person of sound mind and discretion is presumed to intend the natural and probable consequences of his acts but the presumption may be rebutted.
(Code 1933, § 26-604, enacted by Ga. L. 1968, p. 1249, § 1.)
RESEARCH REFERENCES
Am. Jur. 2d.
- 29 Am. Jur. 2d, Evidence, § 281.
C.J.S.- 22 C.J.S., Criminal Law: Substantive Principles, § 39.
ALR.- Homicide: burden of proof on defense that killing was accidental, 63 A.L.R.3d 936.
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