Sandstrom v. Montana
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title:
Sandstrom v. Montana
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Sandstrom v. Montana, 442 U.S. 510 (1979), is a United States Supreme Court case that reaffirmed the prosecution's burden of proof of the mental element of a crime by striking down a jury instruction that "the law presumes that a person intends the ordinary consequences of his voluntary acts". In Francis v. Franklin, 471 U.S. 307 (1985), Justice Brennan wrote about "Sandstrom and the wellspring due process principal from which it is drawn" as follows:
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1979 United States Supreme Court case
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandstrom_v._Montana
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2023-09-13T03:02:36Z
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