Griffin v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
The Court of Appeals certified to the Supreme Court the following questions (Case No. 5379): "1. Is section 204 of the Penal Code of Georgia of 1910 violative of the provisions of the fourteenth amendment of the constitution of the United States, that ‘No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States, nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law, nor…
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The Court of Appeals certified to the Supreme Court the following questions (Case No. 5379): "1. Is section 204 of the Penal Code of Georgia of 1910 violative of the provisions of the fourteenth amendment of the constitution of the United States, that ‘No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States, nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law, nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws;’ for the reason that the provision of this…
1Opinion of the CourtLumpkin, J.
1. With certain limitations, the legislature may enact that when specified facts have been proved, they shall, even in a criminal ease, be prima facie evidence of the guilt of the accused, and shift the burden of proof. On this power there aro limitations, the principal one of which is that the fact or facts which will raise the presumption and shift the burden of proof must have some fair relation to, or material connection with, the main fact as to which the presumption is raised. The inference or presumption from the facts proved must not be merely arbitrary, or wholly un-_ reasonable,…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Mobile, Jackson & Kansas City Railroad v. TurnipseedSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
- Toof v. MartinSupreme Court of the United States · 1871
- Meadowcroft v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1896
- Wilburn v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1914
- State v. BeachIndiana Supreme Court · 1897
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3Cited by29 opinions
- Rich Hill Coal Company v. BashoreSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1939
- State v. KellySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1944
- Arthur v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1917
- Manley v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1928
- Bitting v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1927
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