Legal Opinion
State v. Avery
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided November 3, 1976No. 31159Published
1Opinion of the Court
237 Ga. 865 (1976)
230 S.E.2d 301
THE STATE
v.
AVERY.
31159.
Supreme Court of Georgia.
Submitted September 20, 1976.
Decided November 3, 1976.
Richard Bell, District Attorney, Calvin A. Leipold, Jr., Assistant District Attorney, for appellant.
Wynn Pelham, for appellee.
UNDERCOFLER, Presiding Justice.
The Court of Appeals reversed the aggravated assault conviction of the defendant Avery because the trial court did not charge the jury that the burden of persuasion was on the state to show that Avery was sane beyond a reasonable doubt. Avery v. State, 138 Ga. App. 65 (225 SE2d 454) (1976). We granted the…
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