Legal Opinion

Chambers v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided October 17, 1956No. 36399PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtTownsend, J.

Where the defendant admits buying and receiving goods which are shown by undisputed evidence to have been stolen by the person from whom they were received, the burden is still upon the State to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the transaction occurred with guilty knowledge on the part of the defendant, and such knowledge may be proved by circumstantial evidence. The fact that the defendant knew the sugar came from the Ralston-Purina Company plant which is not in the general business of selling sugar, that it was in an amount greater than the individual selling it would ordinarily have…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Tucker v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1956

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Prather v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1967
  2. Clarke v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1961
  3. McGill v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1962
  4. Hardy v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1959

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