Martin v. Ohio

Martin v. Ohio, 480 U.S. 228 (1986), is a criminal case in which the United States Supreme Court held that the presumption of innocence requiring prosecution to prove each element of a crime beyond a reasonable doubt does not extend to the defense of justification, whereby states could legislate a burden on the defense to prove justification.[1]:18

References

  1. ↑ Criminal Law - Cases and Materials, 7th ed. 2012, Wolters Kluwer Law & Business; John Kaplan, Robert Weisberg, Guyora Binder, ISBN 978-1-4548-0698-1,


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