Jones v. the State

McMlLLIAN, Judge.

Charles Robert Withrow Jones appeals from his conviction on a single count of violating the State Sexual Offender Registry statute, OCGA § 42-1-12 (f) (4). Jones asserts that the evidence was insufficient to support his conviction, the trial court erred in admitting evidence in support of an allegation not contained in the indictment, and the trial court erred in allowing the State to impermissibly shift the burden of proof to him. Because we find that the evidence was insufficient to support Jones’s conviction, we reverse.

OCGA § 42-1-12 (f) (4) requires that any sexual…