{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-16-3-40","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 16-3-40","heading":"Alibi.","body":"The defense of alibi involves the impossibility of the accused’s presence at the scene of the offense at the time of its commission. The range of the evidence in respect to time and place must be such as reasonably to exclude the possibility of presence.","path":["TITLE 16 Crimes and Offenses","CHAPTER 3 Defenses to Criminal Prosecutions","Article 3 Alibi"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.16.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"6734b8b75b03fbde78bcb2b2644127717dc04d3bbfe036f1cb5b0b3a4f72f6e2","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-16-3-28","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-16-4-1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}