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PRATHER v. STATE

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116 Ga. App. 696 (1967)

158 S.E.2d 291

PRATHER v. THE STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided November 20, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard Moore, Jr., for appellant.

Lewis R. Slaton, Solicitor General, J. Walter LeCraw, Paul Ginsberg, Amber W. Anderson, for appellee.

BELL, Presiding Judge.

1. Knowledge that goods are stolen is an essential element of the crime of receiving stolen goods. Sanford v. State, 4 Ga.App. 449 (61 SE 741). Where one admits buying and receiving goods shown by undisputed evidence to have been stolen, the burden is still upon the State to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the transaction occurred with guilty knowledge on the part of the accused.

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