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COWART v. STATE

30777.

237 Ga. 282 (1976)

227 S.E.2d 248

COWART v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided June 30, 1976.

Rehearing Denied July 14, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Timmons, Jr., Jack H. Affleck, for appellant.

Harry N. Gordon, District Attorney, B. Thomas Cook, Jr., Assistant District Attorney, for appellee.

JORDAN, Justice.

Mike Cowart was convicted of criminal attempt to commit statutory rape, and his conviction was affirmed by the Court of Appeals. Cowart v. State, 136 Ga.App. 528 (221 S.E.2d 649) (1975). We granted certiorari to consider a burden-shifting charge by the trial judge on the appellant's affirmative defense of abandonment of the effort to commit the crime. Code Ann. §...

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