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· 12/6/1991

McGovern v. Koza's Bar & Grill

Citations

  • 254 N.J. Super. 723
  • 604 A.2d 226
  • 1991 N.J. Super. LEXIS 488

How courts have described this case

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  • “[T]here was competing expert testimony concerning [the defendant’s] sanity, and the jury was not required to accept the opinion of the defense experts.”
  • Criminal intent may be found based “‘upon consideration of the words, conduct, demeanor, motive, and all other circumstances connected with the act for which the accused is prosecuted.’ OCGA § 16-2-6.”
  • “In Georgia, a defendant is presumed to be sane and a defendant asserting an insanity defense has the burden to prove by a preponderance of the evidence that he was insane at the time the crime was committed.” (citation and punctuation omitted)

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Judges: Menza

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