Sandstrom v. Montana, No. 78-5384 (U.S. Supreme Court) (442 U.S. 510; 99 S.Ct. 2450) (June 18, 1979) (Justice Brennan)
The petitioner was convicted of intentional homicide in violation of a Montana statute, based on a jury instruction that the law presumed that a person intended the ordinary consequences of his voluntary acts. At trial, the prosecution requested the trial judge to instruct the jury that "[the] law presumes that ...
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