{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-27-1-34","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 27-1-34","heading":"Defenses not available in prosecutions for violations.","body":"In any prosecution for the violation of any of the provisions of the wildlife laws, it shall not be a defense that the person taking, possessing, selling, transporting, or storing wildlife was mistaken as to the species, sex, age, size, or any other fact regarding such wildlife or that the person lacked criminal intent, it being one of the purposes of the wildlife laws to penalize recklessness resulting in the violation of the wildlife laws.","path":["TITLE 27 Game And Fish","CHAPTER 1 General Provisions"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.27.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":"b6b26d37a4abe9608ee0e66cb9ec089db6bf14fd570ee96cf932fc7a2bdb4ccb","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-27-1-33","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-27-1-35"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}