GA 16-2-2 - GA 16-2-2

General Consideration Logic of O.C.G.A. § 16-2-2 is questionable as in almost every circumstance an event that transpires by reason of "misfortune or accident" lacks the essential element of "any crime," which is the existence of a "criminal scheme or undertaking intention, or criminal negligence." Thus, it is difficult to comprehend how "any crime" can be "committed by misfortune or accident." Hamilton v. State, 260 Ga. 3 , 389 S.E.2d 225 (1990). Every person is presumed to intend natural and probable consequences of own conduct, particularly if that conduct be unlawful and dangerous to safety or lives of others. Keye v. State, 136 Ga. App. 707 , 222 S.E.2d 172 (1975). There are wanton or reckless states of mind, sometimes equivalent of specific intention to kill, and which may and should...