118 Ga. App. 228 - Cole v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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9 state decisions

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1. “Intent being a state of mind, it must, unless admitted, be inferred by the jury from the acts of a person and the circumstances surrounding his actions.” (Emphasis supplied.) In Grainger v. Jackson, 122 Ga. App. 123, 127 ( 176 SE2d 279 ), it is held:”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 123 Ga. App. 342 - Fields Realty & Insurance v. Smith

2. “It is settled law that one is presumed to intend the necessary and legitimate consequences of that which he knowingly does, and that the intention with which an act is done is peculiarly a question for a jury.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 133 Ga. App. 350 - MJW v. State of Ga.