United States v. Jeffrey Scott Amos

ROSS, Circuit Judge.

The question presented in this case is whether the recently enacted Insanity De fense Reform Act, 18 U.S.C. §§ 20, 4241-4247 (Supp.1984) violates the due process clause of the fifth amendment by unconstitutionally shifting to the defendant, the burden of proving insanity by clear and convincing evidence. We conclude that it does not, and therefore affirm the judgment of the district court. 1

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Appellant, Jeffrey Scott Amos, was convicted of transporting a victim of kidnapping in interstate commerce in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1201 and with the use of a firearm during and in…