Opinion

State v. Moore

  • 237 Ga. 269
  • 227 S.E.2d 241
  • 1976 Ga. LEXIS 1224
Court
Supreme Court of Georgia
Filed
Jun 29, 1976
Status
Published
Author
Hill
On the bench
Nichols, Ingram, Hill, Gunter
Cited by
84 cases
Authority
More cited than 12.9%

discussing confusion in case law on whether defendant ever has burden of proof or persuasion in a criminal case. See In re Winship, 397 U. S. 358 (90 SC 1068, 25 LE2d 368) (1970); Mullaney v. Wilbur, 421 U. S. 684 (95 SC 1881, 44 LE2d 508) (1975

How later courts described this case

  • discussing confusion in case law on whether defendant ever has burden of proof or persuasion in a criminal case. See In re Winship, 397 U. S. 358 (90 SC 1068, 25 LE2d 368) (1970); Mullaney v. Wilbur, 421 U. S. 684 (95 SC 1881, 44 LE2d 508) (1975
  • prohibiting jury instructions that place any burden of persuasion upon the defendant in criminal cases
  • discussing confusion in case law on whether defendant ever has burden of proof or persuasion in a criminal case

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

*272 Hill, Justice,

concurring specially.

I concur in the second division of the opinion but not in the first division. I would adopt the decision of the Court of Appeals in this case, Moore v. State, 137 Ga. App. 735 ( 224 SE2d 856 ) (1976), in lieu of Division 1.

I am authorized to state that Justice Ingram joins in this special concurrence.

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