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MartIn Vs. Ohio

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Feb 25, 1987

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  1. Francis Vs. Franklin US Supreme Court · Apr 29, 1985
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  2. Leland Vs. Oregon US Supreme Court · Jun 09, 1952
  3. Rivera Vs. Delaware US Supreme Court · Jan 01, 1976
  4. Speiser Vs. Randall US Supreme Court · Jun 30, 1958
  5. U.S. 228 (1987) U.S. Supreme Court Martin v. Ohio
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  6. U.S. 228 (1987) Martin v. Ohio
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  7. placing on her the self-defense burden of proof. In reaching its decision, the State Supreme Court relied on Patterson v. New
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  8. to the instruction requiring petitioner to prove self-defense. The latter court, relying upon our opinion in Patterson v. New
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  9. extreme emotional disturbance, which, if proved, would have reduced the crime from murder to manslaughter. Patterson v. New
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  10. and we held there was no violation of the Fourteenth Amendment as construed in Winship. Referring to Leland v. Oregon
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  11. U. S. 790 (1952), and Rivera v. Delaware
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  12. state law, for it has been rejected by the Ohio Supreme Court and by the Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. White v. Arn
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  13. State v. Morris
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  14. murder under Ohio law is the specific purpose to take life pursuant to prior calculation and design. See White v. Arn
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  15. sanity of a defendant who pleads not guilty by reason of insanity. We have had the opportunity to depart from Leland v. Oregon
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  16. U. S. 790 (1952), but have refused to do so. Rivera v. Delaware
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  17. had to be considered in determining whether the State's burden had been discharged. We do not depart from Patterson v. New
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  18. her guilty. The Ohio Supreme Court upheld the conviction, relying in part on this Court's opinion in Patterson v. New
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  19. when an affirmative defense does negate an element of the crime, the state may not shift the burden. See White v. Arn
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  20. s burden-shifting laws to satisfy ourselves that the requirements of Winship have been satisfied. In Mullaney v. Wilbur
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  21. U.S. at 432 U. S. 226 -227 (footnotes omitted). Cf. McMillan v. Pennsylvania
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  22. or punishment, without requiring that they also bear the burden of disproving these defenses. See Patterson v. New
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  23. that self-defense historically is one of the primary justifications for otherwise unlawful conduct. See, e.g., Beard v. United
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  24. alleged that she was innocent because she acted in self-defense, a complete justification under Ohio law. See State v. Nolton
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  25. is so limited that it justifies increasing the risk of convicting a person who may not be blameworthy. See Patterson v. New
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  26. quoting Speiser v. Randall
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  27. have avoided the danger if possible, and must not have been at fault in creating the threatening situation. See State v. Robbins
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  28. how the jury should evaluate evidence that affected an element of both the crime and the defense. Cf. Francis v. Franklin
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  29. McMillan v. Pennsylvania
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  30. U.S. Supreme Court Martin v. Ohio
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  31. Patterson v. New
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  32. and Rivera v. Delaware
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  33. the Sixth Circuit. White v. Arn
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  34. See White v. Arn
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  35. In Mullaney v. Wilbur
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  36. Cf. McMillan v. Pennsylvania
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  37. See Patterson v. New
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  38. Beard v. United
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  39. See State v. Nolton
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  40. See State v. Robbins
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  41. Cf. Francis v. Franklin
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  42. McMillan v. Pennsylvania
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