{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-24-14-5","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 24-14-5","heading":"Reasonable doubt in criminal cases.","body":"Whether dependent upon direct or circumstantial evidence, the true question in criminal cases is not whether it is possible that the conclusion at which the evidence points may be false, but whether there is sufficient evidence to satisfy the mind and conscience beyond a reasonable doubt.","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":"9e3adc840b8686b5933f5d1fa9e266af340c6de3968ef9cb837f3e8fb8d5edd6","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-24-14-4","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-24-14-6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}