Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Burt v. New Jersey
414 U.S. 938
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1973-10-15
- Topic
- general
How later courts describe this case
- “The purpose of the trial stage from the State’s point of view is to convert a criminal defendant from a person presumed innocent to one found guilty beyond a reasonable doubt”
- Douglas, Brennan, and Marshall, JJ., dissenting.
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C. A. 3d Cir. Certiorari denied.