Sellers v. State

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• reversing convictions of possessing drugs for which defendant claimed to have a valid prescription because jury charge erroneously placed burden upon defendant to prove that he possessed the controlled substances pursuant to a valid prescription
• where defendant met his burden of production by asserting that he had authority to possess a controlled substance, the trial court erred by instructing the jury that the defendant also had the burden of persuasion as to his authority to lawfully possess the controlled substance
• where defendant met his burden of production by asserting that he had authority to possess a controlled substance, the trial court erred by instructing the jury that the defendant also had the burden of persuasion as to his authority to lawfully possess the controlled substance

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

2 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Atkinson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2006-07-25· cited 4×
• Budhani v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2019-06-28

Cites

5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Sandstrom v. Montana
  Supreme Court· 1979-06-18· cited 3,585×
• State v. Moore
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1976-06-29· cited 99×
• Woods v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1974-12-03· cited 22×
• Strong v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1980-10-08· cited 11×
• Montford v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1983-10-13· cited 9×