Official Code of Georgia Annotated

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.

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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.

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

Code 1933, § 26-604, enacted by Ga. L. 1968, p. 1249, § 1.

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