Davis v. United States (1895)

Davis v. United States
Davis v. United States
	Supreme Court of the United States
Submitted October 30, 1895; Decided December 16, 1895
Full case name	Davis v. United States
Citations	160 U.S. 469 (more) 16 S. Ct. 353; 40 L. Ed. 499; 1895 U.S. LEXIS 2370
Court membership
	Chief Justice Melville Fuller Associate Justices Stephen J. Field · John M. Harlan; Horace Gray · David J. Brewer; Henry B. Brown · George Shiras Jr.; Edward D. White
Case opinion
Majority	Harlan, joined by unanimous

Davis v. United States, 160 U.S. 469 (1895), is a criminal case establishing that in a federal case, the prosecution bears the burden of proof of sanity if an insanity defense is raised.^[1]^: 17 It is a common law ruling that sets precedent in federal court, but is not a constitutional ruling interpreting the United States Constitution, so does not preclude states from requiring defendants to prove insanity, even to the point of requiring defendants to prove insanity beyond a reasonable doubt, as in Leland v. Oregon (1951).^[1]^: 17

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b Criminal Law - Cases and Materials, 7th ed. 2012, Wolters Kluwer Law & Business; John Kaplan, Robert Weisberg, Guyora Binder, ISBN 978-1-4548-0698-1, [1]

External links[edit]

Text of Davis v. United States, 160 U.S. 469 (1895) is available from: Google Scholar Justia Library of Congress

[CL-1] Criminal Law - Cases and Materials, 7th ed. 2012, Wolters Kluwer Law & Business; John Kaplan, Robert Weisberg, Guyora Binder, ISBN 978-1-4548-0698-1, [1]

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