Legal Opinion

Bonner v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided October 17, 1968No. 43949PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Eberhardt, Judge.

1. One who is confined to the Central State Hospital by reason of a finding in his favor on a plea of insanity filed in a criminal case on which he was tried, but who has lucid intervals, may be convicted for the commission of a crime during such an interval or period. Code § 26-303. That there had been no judicial restoration of his sanity does not relieve him from criminal responsibility for acts committed during a lucid interval. Quattlebaum v. State, 119 Ga. 433 (46 SE 677).

2. “It is the general rule in this State that the sole test of criminal responsibility is whether…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Quattlebaum v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1904
  2. Griffin v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1952
  3. McKethan v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1946

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Bonner v. SmithSupreme Court of Georgia · 1970
  2. Robey v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1983

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