Ga. Code § 24-14-5

Current through 2023-2024 Legislative Session Chapters 1-496, 504, 505, 514, 516-545, 549, 550, 566, 570, 571, 578, 580, 586, 590-592, 594, 595, 604, 609, 612, 696, 697
Section 24-14-5 - Reasonable doubt in criminal cases

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.

OCGA § 24-14-5

Added by 2011 Ga. Laws 52,§ 2, eff. 1/1/2013.