A person shall not be found guilty of any crime committed by misfortune or accident where it satisfactorily appears there was no criminal scheme or undertaking, intention, or criminal negligence.
History. Laws 1833, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 779.; Code 1863, § 4198; Code 1868, § 4237; Code 1873, § 4302; Code 1882, § 4302; Penal Code 1895, § 40; Penal Code 1910, § 40; Code 1933, § 26-404; Code 1933, § 26-602, enacted by Ga. L. 1968, p. 1249, § 1.
Structure Georgia Code
Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses
Chapter 2 - Criminal Liability
§ 16-2-2. Effect of Misfortune or Accident on Guilt
§ 16-2-3. Presumption of Sound Mind and Discretion
§ 16-2-4. Presumption That Acts of Sound Person Willful
§ 16-2-5. Presumption That Sound Person Intends Natural and Probable Consequences of Acts