Riggins v. State

Charles Lee Riggins appeals his sentence of life imprisonment for rape. Held:

1. Enumeration of error number 2 complains that the “court erred in denying the appellant’s motion for mistrial on the ground of a prejudicial statement by the court during selection of the jury, and in the presence of prospective jurors, that the burden was upon appellant to establish his plea of insanity at the time of commission of the act, beyond a reasonable doubt; and thereafter to correct the statement to one which must be to a reasonable certainty.”

*382The record shows that when the statement “beyond a reasonable…