{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-24-14-3","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 24-14-3","heading":"Amount of mental conviction required; preponderance of evidence in civil cases.","body":"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.","path":["TITLE 24 EvidenceCHAPTER 99.","CHAPTER 14 Proof Generally","Article 1 General Provisions"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.24.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":"6d7af23b41f4e56d55381cce38bfe6bdd9c4d1bc8321257521d09b029a05bd1c","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-24-14-2","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-24-14-4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}