Georgia Code
Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses
Chapter 3 - Defenses to Criminal Prosecutions

Article 1 - Responsibility

§ 16-3-1. Minimum Age - A person shall not be considered or found guilty of...

§ 16-3-2. Mental Capacity; Insanity - A person shall not be found guilty of a crime...

§ 16-3-3. Delusional Compulsion - A person shall not be found guilty of a crime...

§ 16-3-4. Intoxication - History. Laws 1833, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 779; Code 1863,...

§ 16-3-5. Mistake of Fact - A person shall not be found guilty of a crime...

§ 16-3-6. Affirmative Defenses to Certain Sexual Crimes - History. Code 1981, § 16-3-6 , enacted by Ga. L....

Article 2 - Justification and Excuse

§ 16-3-20. Justification - The fact that a person’s conduct is justified is a...

§ 16-3-21. Use of Force in Defense of Self or Others; Evidence of Belief That Force Was Necessary in Murder or Manslaughter Prosecution - History. Laws 1833, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 785.; Code 1863,...

§ 16-3-22. Immunity From Criminal Liability of Persons Rendering Assistance to Law Enforcement Officers - History. Code 1933, § 27-219, enacted by Ga. L. 1967,...

§ 16-3-22.1. Persons Who Provide Assistance to Law Enforcement Officers or the Division of Family and Children Services When the Health and Safety of Children Are Adversely Affected and Threatened - History. Code 1981, § 16-3-22.1 , enacted by Ga. L....

§ 16-3-23. Use of Force in Defense of Habitation - A person is justified in threatening or using force against...

§ 16-3-23.1. No Duty to Retreat Prior to Use of Force in Self-Defense - A person who uses threats or force in accordance with...

§ 16-3-24. Use of Force in Defense of Property Other Than a Habitation - History. Code 1933, § 26-904, enacted by Ga. L. 1968,...

§ 16-3-24.1. Habitation and Personal Property Defined - As used in Code Sections 16-3-23 and 16-3-24, the term...

§ 16-3-24.2. Immunity From Prosecution; Exception - A person who uses threats or force in accordance with...

§ 16-3-25. Entrapment - A person is not guilty of a crime if, by...

§ 16-3-26. Coercion - A person is not guilty of a crime, except murder,...

§ 16-3-27. Benefit of Clergy - Since it is no longer needed or appropriate, the ancient...

§ 16-3-28. Affirmative Defenses - A defense based upon any of the provisions of this...

Article 3 - Alibi

§ 16-3-40. Alibi - The defense of alibi involves the impossibility of the accused’s...