Patterson v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia · Decided 1975-02-05

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Gunter, Justice, dissenting. I would reverse the judgment in this case. I think that the charge on alibi given in this case was a burden-shifting charge and therefore violative of due process of law. A majority of this court now adopts this position, but this conviction is affirmed because the trial judge has certified, outside of the record originally certified to this court by the clerk of the trial court, t…

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