{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-16-3-5","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 16-3-5","heading":"Mistake of fact.","body":"A person shall not be found guilty of a crime if the act or omission to act constituting the crime was induced by a misapprehension of fact which, if true, would have justified the act or omission.","path":["TITLE 16 Crimes and Offenses","CHAPTER 3 Defenses to Criminal Prosecutions","Article 1 Responsibility"],"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":"ad92aa40785ad7d8c1e1d028a5cb3136f7451bb1c4be34cbd02282be721c0ca1","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-16-3-4","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-16-3-6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}