Gaskin v. State

119 Ga. App. 593 (1969)

168 S.E.2d 183

GASKIN

v.

THE STATE.

44215.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Argued January 7, 1969.

Decided April 25, 1969.

Summer & Boatright, J. Laddie Boatright, for appellant.

Dewey Hayes, Solicitor General, for appellee.

QUILLIAN, Judge.

1. The appellant contends that the trial judge erred in charging the jury "where one is found in possession of stolen goods immediately after the theft, the burden to prove that his was not a guilty possession rests upon him."

A state of confusion exists as to whether the quoted charge has application to the type of crime for which this defendant…