Cowart v. State

237 Ga. 282 (1976)

227 S.E.2d 248

COWART

v.

THE STATE.

30777.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Argued April 12, 1976.

Decided June 30, 1976.

Rehearing Denied July 14, 1976.

John W. Timmons, Jr., Jack H. Affleck, for appellant.

Harry N. Gordon, District Attorney, B. Thomas Cook, Jr., Assistant District Attorney, for appellee.

JORDAN, Justice.

Mike Cowart was convicted of criminal attempt to commit statutory rape, and his conviction was affirmed by the Court of Appeals. Cowart v. State, 136 Ga. App. 528 (221 SE2d 649) (1975). We granted certiorari to consider a burden-shifting charge by the trial judge on the…