08 LC 29
3405
House
Bill 1493
By:
Representatives Willard of the
49th,
Lindsey of the
54th,
Tumlin of the
38th,
and Ralston of the
7th
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Title 24 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to evidence,
so as to revise provisions relating to evidence; to provide for definitions; to
provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other
purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Title
24 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to evidence, is amended
by revising Code Section 24-1-1, relating to definitions, as
follows:
"24-1-1.
As
used in this title, the term:
(1)
'Competent evidence' means evidence which is admissible.
(2)
'Cumulative evidence' means evidence which is additional to other evidence
already obtained.
(3)
'Direct evidence' means evidence which immediately points to the question at
issue.
(4)
'Indirect evidence' or 'circumstantial evidence' means evidence which only tends
to establish the issue by proof of various facts, sustaining by their
consistency the hypothesis claimed.
(5)
'Preponderance of evidence' means that superior weight of evidence upon the
issues involved, which, while not enough to free the mind wholly from a
reasonable doubt, is yet sufficient to incline a reasonable and impartial mind
to one side of the issue rather than to the other.
(6)
'Presumptive evidence' means evidence which consists of inferences drawn by
human experience from the connection of cause and effect and from observations
of human conduct.
(7)
'Sufficient evidence' means evidence which is satisfactory for the
purpose."
SECTION
2.
This
Act shall become effective on July 1, 2009.
SECTION
3.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.