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Yates Vs. Aiken

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Jan 12, 1988

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  1. Mullaney Vs. Wilbur US Supreme Court · Jun 09, 1975
  2. Sandstrom Vs. Montana US Supreme Court · Jun 18, 1979
  3. Truesdale Vs. Aiken US Supreme Court · Mar 23, 1987
  4. U.S. 211 (1988) U.S. Supreme Court Yates v. Aiken
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  5. U.S. 211 (1988) Yates v. Aiken
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  6. arguing, inter alia, that the burden-shifting instruction given at trial was unconstitutional under Sandstrom v. Montana
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  7. was pending, petitioner also called to the state court's attention this Court's subsequent decision in Francis v. Franklin
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  8. and sentenced to death. His conviction and sentence were affirmed by the South Carolina Supreme Court in 1982. State v. Yates
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  9. was affirmed, the South Carolina Supreme Court held that it was error to give such an instruction. See State v. Elmore
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  10. his trial was unconstitutional under the state court's reasoning in Elmore and under our decision in Sandstrom v. Montana
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  11. was pending, we decided another Page 484 U. S. 213 case involving a burden-shifting instruction, Francis v. Franklin
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  12. for further consideration in light of Francis v. Franklin
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  13. suffered from the same infirmities present in Elmore and addressed in Francis v. Franklin
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  14. conviction that was final when Elmore was decided. The opinion did not consider whether the decision in Francis v. Franklin
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  15. might apply retroactively, and also did not discuss our decision in Sandstrom v. Montana
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  16. on which petitioner had relied. In dissent, Justice Finney reasoned that Elmore and Francis v. Franklin
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  17. substantially impairs the truthfinding function of the jury. Moreover, he reasoned, given our decision in Sandstrom v. Montana
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  18. We now reverse. I Our order remanding the case for further consideration in the light of Francis v. Franklin
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  19. the State of its burden of persuasion beyond a reasonable doubt of every essential element of a crime. Sandstrom v. Montana
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  20. Patterson v. New
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  21. Morissette v. United
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  22. U.S. at 397 U. S. 372 . See Speiser v. Randall
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  23. Mackey v. United
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  24. We have already endorsed Justice Harlan's retroactivity analysis for cases pending on direct appeal, see Griffith v. Kentucky
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  25. United States v. Johnson
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  26. Desist v. United
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  27. Harlan, J., dissenting), the important distinction between direct review and collateral review. Compare Allen v. Hardy
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  28. U. S. 255 (1986) (holding that Batson v. Kentucky
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  29. Pennsylvania v. Finley
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  30. was Page 484 U. S. 217 merely an application of the principle that governed our decision in Sandstrom v. Montana
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  31. The doctrine against burden-shifting presumptions set out in Francis v. Franklin
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  32. is not a clear break with prior law. The United States Supreme Court in Sandstrom v. Montana
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  33. We stated in United States v. Johnson
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  34. Truesdale v. Aiken
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  35. Dunaway v. New
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  36. Lee v. Missouri
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  37. U.S. Supreme Court Yates v. Aiken
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  38. Francis v. Franklin
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  39. State v. Yates
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  40. See State v. Elmore
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  41. of Francis v. Franklin
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  42. Elmore and Francis v. Franklin
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  43. Morissette v. United
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  44. See Speiser v. Randall
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  45. Griffith v. Kentucky
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  46. Compare Allen v. Hardy
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  47. Batson v. Kentucky
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  48. Pennsylvania v. Finley
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