Brief filed: 02/13/2012
Documents
Pickering v. Colorado
United States Supreme Court; Case No. 11-870
Argument(s)
Element-negating defenses, such as self-defense, often negate the mens rea needed to sustain a conviction, and due process should require the prosecution to disprove the defense beyond a reasonable doubt.
Author(s)
Timothy O’Toole and Jeffrey Hahn, Miller & Chevalier Chtd, Washington, DC.