A person will not be presumed to act with criminal intention but the trier of facts may find such intention upon consideration of the words, conduct, demeanor, motive, and all other circumstances connected with the act for which the accused is prosecuted.
History. Laws 1833, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 779; Code 1863, § 4189; Code 1868, § 4228; Code 1873, § 4298; Code 1882, § 4293; Penal Code 1895, § 32; Penal Code 1910, § 32; Code 1933, § 26-202; Code 1933, § 26-605, 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