KIMSEY v. STATE

64201.

164 Ga. App. 377 (1982)

296 S.E.2d 159

KIMSEY v. THE STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Rehearing Denied November 12, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Vansant, Jr., for appellant.

Hobart M. Hind, District Attorney, John W. Hogg, Assistant District Attorney, for appellee.


SOGNIER, Judge.

1. Burglary. Kimsey contends that the trial court's charge on recent, unexplained possession of stolen property was confusing, created a mandatory presumption and shifted the burden of persuasion to appellant. The trial court charged the jury as follows: "Where a burglary has been committed and soon thereafter goods from the burglarized premises are found in the possession of one who is unable to account for their possession, it raises the presumption...

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