*512 Mr. Justice Brennan delivered the opinion of the Court. The question presented is whether, in a case in which intent is an element of the crime charged; the jury instruction, “the law presumes that a person intends the ordinary consequences of his voluntary acts,” violates the Fourteenth Amendment’s requirement that the State prove every element of a…
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