Burchett v. State

How courts have described this case

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• once evidence of an affirmative defense is presented, “it then [is] incumbent upon the State to disprove the defense beyond a reasonable doubt”
• “Where certain conduct is generally prohibited, but where a statutory exception permits the conduct under specified circumstances, the exception amounts to an affirmative defense.”
• “Where certain conduct is generally prohibited, but where a statutory exception permits the conduct under specified circumstances, the exception amounts to an affirmative defense.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).