Supreme Court· 6/17/1977

Patterson v. New York

Citations

432 U.S. 197
97 S. Ct. 2319
53 L. Ed. 2d 281
1977 U.S. LEXIS 120

How courts have described this case

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holding that a state may not require a defendant to prove an affirmative defense that negates an element of the crime
holding that “the Due Process Clause requires the prosecution to prove beyond a reasonable doubt all of the elements included in the definition of the offense of which the defendant is charged”
holding that the State need not “prove beyond a reasonable doubt every fact, the existence or nonexistence of which it is willing to recognize as ... affecting ... the severity of the punishment”
holding that the New York statute assigning to the accused the burden of proving EED did not violate due process protections
holding that the necessity of certain criminal procedures “is rooted in the fundamental fairness notion required by due process”
holding that \proof of the non-existence of all affirmative defenses has never been constitutionally required\ and declining to apply such rule to defense of extreme emotional distress under New York law

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Judges: White, Burger, Stewart, Blackmun, Stevens, Powell, Brennan, Marshall, Rbhnquist

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