HALL, Justice.
Applicant was tried and convicted of armed robbery, and sentenced to four years in prison, which he is currently serving in the Colquitt Correctional Institute. During his trial the court charged on alibi stating in part: "The burden is on the accused to establish his alibi, not beyond a reasonable doubt, but to the reasonable satisfaction of the jury." Subsequent to petitioner's trial we held that such a charge is impermissibly burden-shifting (
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