Legal Opinion
Connecticut v. Johnson
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided February 23, 1983No. 81-927PublishedCited by 589 opinions
1Judgment of the CourtJustice Blackmun, joined by Justice Brennan, Justice White, and Justice Marshall
In Sandstrom v. Montana, 442 U. S. 510 (1979), this Court held that the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment was violated by a jury instruction that “the law pre*75sumes that a person intends the ordinary consequences of his voluntary acts.” Id., at 512. We expressly left open in that case the question whether, if a jury is so instructed, the error can ever be harmless. Id., at 526-527. Since Sandstrom, courts have taken different approaches to the harmless-error problem.1 We therefore granted certiorari in this litigation to resolve the conflict. 455 U. S. 937 (1982).
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2Cases cited35 opinions
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- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Sandstrom v. MontanaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Engle v. IsaacSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Harrington v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
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3Cited by589 opinions
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