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SIMMONS v. STATE

36344.

246 Ga. 390 (1980)

271 S.E.2d 468

SIMMONS v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided September 9, 1980.

Rehearing Denied September 23, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James D. Hudson, for appellant.

Dwight H. May, Richard H. Goolsby, Assistant District Attorneys, for appellee.

HILL, Justice.

We granted certiorari in Simmons v. State, 154 Ga.App. 234 (267 S.E.2d 806) (1980), to determine the constitutionality of the burden shifting provisions of certain of our firearms laws, namely Code §§ 26-2906 and 26-2907 of the Criminal Code of 1968 (Ga. L. 1968, pp. 1249, 1324), relating to machine guns, and section 6 of the Firearms and Weapons Act (Ga. L. 1968...

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