The acts of a person of sound mind and discretion are presumed to be the product of the person's will but the presumption may be rebutted.
(Code 1933, § 26-603, enacted by Ga. L. 1968, p. 1249, § 1.)
RESEARCH REFERENCES
ALR.
- Flight as evidence of guilt, 25 A.L.R. 886.
Homicide: burden of proof on defense that killing was accidental, 63 A.L.R.3d 936.
Coercion, compulsion, or duress as defense to charge of robbery, larceny, or related crime, 1 A.L.R.4th 481.
Challenges to pre- and post-conviction forfeitures and to post-conviction restitution under animal cruelty statutes, 70 A.L.R.6th 329.