Lawrence v. State

Carley, Judge.

Appellant was indicted for robbery and kidnapping. He was convicted of robbery and of the lesser offense of false imprisonment. Appellant appeals from the judgment of conviction and sentence.

1. Appellant asserts that the trial court erred in its charge to the jury on the element of intent, contending that such charge was burden-shifting under the holding of Sandstrom v. Montana, 442 U. S. 510 (99 SC 2450, 61 LE2d 39) (1979). The trial court charged the jury in pertinent part as follows: “A crime is defined as a violation of a statute of this state in which there shall be a union…