24-14-5. Reasonable doubt in criminal cases.

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Whether dependent upon direct or circumstantial evidence, the true question in criminal cases is not whether it is possible that the conclusion at which the evidence points may be false, but whether there is sufficient evidence to satisfy the mind and conscience beyond a reasonable doubt.

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 1981, § 24-14-5, enacted by Ga. L. 2011, p. 99, § 2/HB 24.

History of Section.: Former Code Section 24-4-5, which contained comparable provisions to this Code section, as effective January 1, 2013, was derived from the decision in John v. State, 33 Ga. 257 (1862).

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