JACOBS v. CALDWELL

28144.

231 Ga. 600 (1974)

203 S.E.2d 188

JACOBS v. CALDWELL.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided January 28, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Oscar Benjamin Jacobs, pro se.

Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, Courtney Wilder Stanton, William F. Bartee, Jr., Assistant Attorneys General, for appellee.


PER CURIAM.

This appeal is from a habeas corpus judgment remanding the appellant to custody.

The appellant contends that his constitutional right of due process of law was violated in the convicting court because a portion of the court's charge to the jury shifted the burden of proof to him, the accused.

The appellant was convicted by a jury of burglary and received a sentence of twenty years.

The portion of the court's charge that is now attacked...

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