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- Title: Sandstrom v. Montana
- Author : Supreme Court of the United States
- Release Date : January 18, 1979
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 65 KB
Description
The question presented is whether, in a case in which intent is an element of the crime charged; the jury instruction, "the law presumes that a person intends the ordinary consequences of his voluntary acts," violates the Fourteenth Amendments requirement that the State prove every element of a criminal offense beyond a reasonable doubt.