Section 24-14-3 - Required mental conviction in civil and criminal proceedings

Moral and reasonable certainty is all that can be expected in legal investigation. Except as provided in Code Section 51-1-29.5 or Code Section 51-12-5.1, in all civil proceedings, a preponderance of evidence shall be considered sufficient to produce mental conviction. In criminal proceedings, a greater strength of mental conviction shall be held necessary to justify a verdict of guilty.Added by 2011 Ga. Laws 52,§ 2, eff. 1/1/2013.