TUCKER v. STATE

34801.

243 Ga. 683 (1979)

256 S.E.2d 365

TUCKER v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided May 30, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pierce & House, Hinton R. Pierce, for appellant.

Richard E. Allen, District Attorney, Patricia Warren, Assistant District Attorney, for appellee.


MARSHALL, Justice.

This is a rape case which comes to this court by reason of the appellant's attack on the constitutionality of the 1978 amendment to Code Ann. § 26-2001 (Ga. L. 1978, p. 3) which eliminates the requirement that "No conviction shall be had for rape on the unsupported testimony of the female."

1. The appellant argues that the elimination of this requirement unconstitutionally shifts the burden of proof on the question of guilt-innocence...

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