# State v. Moore

> Supreme Court of Georgia · June 29, 1976 · 237 Ga. 269

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9854883

## Case

- **Full name:** The State v. Moore
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Georgia
- **Decided:** June 29, 1976
- **Citations:** 237 Ga. 269; 227 S.E.2d 241; 1976 Ga. LEXIS 1224
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Hill
- **Judges:** Nichols, Ingram, Hill, Gunter
- **Cited by:** 84 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- discussing confusion in case law on whether defendant ever has burden of proof or persuasion in a criminal case

## Opinion text

*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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