Martin v. Ohio

Martin v. Ohio
Argued December 2, 1986
Decided February 25, 1987
Full case name Earline Martin, Petitioner v. Ohio
Docket nos. 85-6461
Citations 480 U.S. 228 (more)
107 S. Ct. 1098; 94 L. Ed. 2d 267; 1987 U.S. LEXIS 933
Court membership
Chief Justice
William Rehnquist
Associate Justices
William J. Brennan Jr. · Byron White
Thurgood Marshall · Harry Blackmun
Lewis F. Powell Jr. · John P. Stevens
Sandra Day O'Connor · Antonin Scalia
Case opinions
Majority White, joined by Rehnquist, Stevens, O'Connor, Scalia
Dissent Powell, joined by Brennan, Marshall (in full); Blackmun (as to Parts I and III)

Martin v. Ohio, 480 U.S. 228 (1987), is a criminal case in which the United States Supreme Court held that the presumption of innocence requiring prosecution to prove each element of a crime beyond a reasonable doubt only applies to elements of the offense, and does not extend to the defense of justification, whereby states could legislate a burden on the defense to prove justification.[1]:18 The decision was split 5-4.[1]:18 The decision does not preclude states from requiring such a burden on the prosecution in their laws.[1]:18

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Criminal Law - Cases and Materials, 7th ed. 2012, Wolters Kluwer Law & Business; John Kaplan, Robert Weisberg, Guyora Binder, ISBN 978-1-4548-0698-1,
  • Text of Martin v. Ohio, 480 U.S. 228 (1987), is available from:  Findlaw  Justia 


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