Sunday, January 15, 2006
Court Grants Cert. on Duress Issue
Story here; 5th Circuit Opinion affirmance here. According to SCOTUSBLOG, the court granted cert. on the burden of proof issue--does the government have to disprove the duress defense beyond a reasonable doubt, or does the defendant have to prove it to a preponderance? [Jack Chin]
https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/crimprof_blog/2006/01/court_grants_ce.html