White v. State of Florida

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• holding the defendant sufficiently raised a self-defense justification in a murder prosecution while thoroughly evaluating self-defense burden of proof jurisprudence, but declining to address applicable burden of proof for raising self-defense in the Virgin Islands
• noting that “a juror could reasonably have concluded that it was not necessary for the prosecution to prove the absence of self-defense beyond a reasonable doubt, and that the defendant bore the burden of proving the justification of self-defense instead”
• noting the \striking\ similarity between due process standard of fundamental unfairness and plain error \requirement that the error must undermine the fundamental fairness of the trial and contribute to a miscarriage of justice\
• noting the \striking\ similarity between due process standard of fundamental unfairness and plain error \requirement that the error must undermine the fundamental fairness of the trial and contribute to a miscarriage of justice\
• “when self-defense is raised by a defendant, Virgin Islands law requires the prosecution to prove its absence beyond a reasonable doubt.”
• “Once self-defense is raised by a defendant, the prosecution bears the burden to prove its absence beyond a reasonable doubt.”

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