Legal Opinion
Yohn v. State
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided July 11, 1985No. 65,504PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
476 So.2d 123 (1985)
Tura YOHN, Petitioner,
v.
STATE of Florida, Respondent.
No. 65,504.
Supreme Court of Florida.
July 11, 1985.
Rehearing Denied October 7, 1985.
Robert B. Staats of Staats, Overstreet & White, Panama City, for petitioner.
Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Wallace E. Allbritton, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for respondent.
ADKINS, Justice.
The First District Court of Appeal certified to this Court the following question:
If the state has the burden to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that a defendant was sane at the time of the offense when the defense of insanity has been raised, is the…
Also in this document: Dissent.
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Patterson v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- In re Trial Courts of the Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal CasesSupreme Court of Florida · 1981
- Jones v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1976
- Parkin v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1970
- Wheeler v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1977
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3Cited by52 opinions
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