ARNOLD, Judge.
The trial judge, instructing the jury on the elements of the crime, charged the State with the burden of proving that the defendant knew that the pieces of paper with the numbers on them were lottery tickets. However the trial judge then stated, "I instruct you that under our law unless the defendant introduces evidence of lack of knowledge, this element may be presumed." The defendant contends that the trial court's charge failed to place the burden...
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