Legal Opinion
United States of America Ex Rel. Regent Goddard v. James T. Vaughn, Superintendent, Delaware Correctional Center
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided February 12, 1980No. 79-1395PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
WEIS, Circuit Judge.
The question in this appeal is whether a state may place the burden of proving voluntary intoxication on an-accused who invokes it as a defense to a crime requiring specific intent. We find no constitutional prohibition to such a statutory allocation of the onus probandi and affirm the denial of a petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed by a state prisoner convicted of first degree murder.
A Delaware state court convicted the petitioner of first degree murder, first degree rape, and first degree conspiracy. He is serving sentences of life imprisonment…
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