Per Curiam. The motion of petitioner for leave to proceed informa pau-peris and the petition for a writ of certiorari are granted. In state criminal trials, the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment “protects the accused against conviction except upon proof beyond a reasonable doubt of every fact necessary to constitute the c…
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