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Georgia · Snapshot Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17

O.C.G.A. § 16-3-3: Delusional compulsion.

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  1. TITLE 16 Crimes and Offenses
  2. CHAPTER 3 Defenses to Criminal Prosecutions
  3. Article 1 Responsibility

A person shall not be found guilty of a crime when, at the time of the act, omission, or negligence constituting the crime, the person, because of mental disease, injury, or congenital deficiency, acted as he did because of a delusional compulsion as to such act which overmastered his will to resist committing the crime.

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