Petition of the day
By Aurora Barnes
on Aug 22, 2017
The petition of the day is:
17-132
Issue: Whether the jury instruction—that the defendant’s actions were “evidence of [the requisite intent] . . . unless there is believable evidence to the contrary”—violated due process by shifting to the defendant the burden of producing “believable evidence” to show that he lacked the requisite intent.
Posted in Cases in the Pipeline
Cases: Lindsey v. Virginia
Recommended Citation:
Aurora Barnes,
Petition of the day,
SCOTUSblog (Aug. 22, 2017, 12:00 AM),
https://www.scotusblog.com/2017/08/petition-of-the-day-1209/