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BROOKS v. STATE

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247 Ga. 744 (1981)

BROOKS v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided June 30, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lorenzo Brooks, pro se.

Lamar Cole, District Attorney, Richard W. Shelton, Assistant District Attorney, for appellee.

UNDERCOFLER, Justice.

We granted certiorari in this case1 to resolve an apparent conflict in our criminal cases which address the presumption of sanity. Handspike v. State, 203 Ga. 115 (45 S.E.2d 662) (1947) holds, as stated in the headnote, "When the defendant in a murder case pleads insanity at the time of the homicide, as a defense, and introduces evidence sufficient to overcome the presumption...

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