Legal Opinion
Willie Lee Pigee v. Thomas R. Israel and Bronson C. Lafollette
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 1, 1982No. 81-1269, 81-1508PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FAIRCHILD, Senior Circuit Judge.
This appeal raises the question of whether, in a case in which intent is an element of the crime charged, the jury instruction that “When there are no circumstances to prevent or rebut the presumption, the law presumes that a reasonable person intends all the natural probable and usual consequences of his deliberate acts” risks a violation of the Fourteenth Amendment’s requirement that a state prove every element of a criminal offense beyond a reasonable doubt, under Sandstrom v. Montana, 442 U.S. 510, 99 S.Ct. 2450, 61 L.Ed.2d 39 (1979). We hold that the…
2Cases cited28 opinions
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- Sandstrom v. MontanaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Mullaney v. WilburSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Morissette v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- County Court of Ulster Cty. v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
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3Cited by38 opinions
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- United States v. Rolf Wilhelm Otto AntonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1982
- Robert Muench v. Thomas Israel and Attorney General of Wisconsin, Richard Worthing v. Thomas R. IsraelCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1983
- Jose C. Rodriguez v. Warren Young, Warden, Waupun Correctional InstitutionCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1990
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