Marable v. State

Deen, Chief Judge.

1. "[C]harges which place any burden of persuasion upon the defendant in criminal cases shall not be given and such charges will be deemed erroneous and subject to reversal, absent harmless error and invited error.” State v. Moore, 237 Ga. 269, 270 (227 SE2d 241) (1976). The defendant submitted a request to charge, a part of which consisted of definitions which are not essential to the jury’s understanding, plus the statement: "Once an issue of an affirmative defense is raised, the burden of proof rests upon the State as to such issue as it does with respect to all other…