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County Court Of Ulster County V. Allen And Sandstorm V. Montana: The Supreme Court Lends An Ear But Turns Its Face, John M. Schmolesky
County Court Of Ulster County V. Allen And Sandstorm V. Montana: The Supreme Court Lends An Ear But Turns Its Face, John M. Schmolesky
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Because criminal verdicts provide no clue as to how the jury reached its decision, jury instructions are crucial indicators of how a deductive device operates. Deductive devices are mechanisms that allow or require the fact-finder to assume the existence of a fact when proof of other facts are shown. Any deductive device, whether permissive or mandatory, has pernicious possibilities that imperil the rationality of fact-finding. The controlling method of review for deductive devices in criminal cases simply require a rational connection between the basic fact and the presumed fact. However, the Supreme Court in Allen broke new ground in exempting …