Commonwealth v. Saunders, D.

How courts have described this case

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• holding state law requiring defendant to prove state created insanity defense beyond a reasonable doubt does not violate Due Process
• permitting a State, consistent with due process, to require the defendant to bear this burden
• rejecting due process challenge to reasonable doubt standard for establishing insanity plea
• rejecting due process challenge to reasonable doubt standard for establishing insanity plea
• upholding an Oregon law, on due process grounds that required that a defendant prove the defense of insanity beyond a reasonable doubt even though Oregon was the only state that required that burden of proof
• rejecting due process challenge to reasonable doubt standard for establishing insanity plea

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