PRITCHARD v. STATE

45542.

122 Ga. App. 780 (1970)

178 S.E.2d 808

PRITCHARD v. THE STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided November 9, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott & Alexander, Guy B. Scott, Jr., for appellant.

Thomas W. Ridgway, District Attorney, for appellee.


BELL, Chief Judge.

Appellant was convicted of burglary (Count 1). At trial he submitted evidence of alibi. The trial court gave the jury an instruction that the burden was on the defendant to establish his alibi by a preponderance of the evidence to the reasonable satisfaction of the jury. A charge on alibi substantially the same as this one was held to be harmful error in Parham v. State, 120...

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