BYRD v. HOPPER

129809.

234 Ga. 248 (1975)

215 S.E.2d 251

BYRD v. HOPPER.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided April 22, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James C. Bonner, Jr., Thomas M. West, for appellant.

Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, Lois Oakley, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.


NICHOLAS, Chief Justice.

Petitioner is presently confined under a five-year sentence imposed for motor vehicle theft. He did not appeal his conviction. His petition for habeas corpus relief complained solely of a portion of the convicting court's charge to the jury that recent possession by petitioner of the goods taken "if not satisfactorily explained, raise[s] the presumption of guilt and it would authorize you to identify the defendant as the guilty party and to...

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