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· 1/22/1982

Rauschenberg v. State

Citations

  • 291 S.E.2d 58
  • 161 Ga. App. 331
  • 1982 Ga. App. LEXIS 3033

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • recognizing that, \Georgia law presumes the sanity of a defendant\ and that the defense of involuntary intoxication requires an accused to \establish he did not have sufficient mental capacity to distinguish between right and wrong in relation to such act\
  • recognizing that, “Georgia law presumes the sanity of a defendant” and that the defense of involuntary intoxication requires an accused to “establish he did not have sufficient mental 6 capacity to distinguish between right and wrong in relation to such act”
  • defendant relying upon involuntary intoxication defense bears burden of rebutting, by a preponderance of the evidence, presumption of sanity

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Judges: Quillian, McMurray, Pope

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