In re Winship

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In re Winship
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued January 20, 1970 Decided March 31, 1970
Full case name: In the Matter of Samuel Winship, Appellant Citations: 397 U.S. 358; 90 S. Ct. 1068; 25 L. Ed. 2d 368; 51 O.O.2d 323 Prior history: 91 N.Y.S.2d 1005 (App. Div. 1968), aff'd, 247 N.E.2d. 253 (N.Y. 1969).
Holding
The Constitution's Fourteenth Amendment Due Process Clause requires that every element of a criminal offense be proved beyond a reasonable doubt.
Court membership
Chief Justice: Earl Warren Associate Justices: Hugo Black, William O. Douglas, John Marshall Harlan II, William J. Brennan, Jr., Potter Stewart, Byron White, Thurgood Marshall
Case opinions
Majority by: Brennan Joined by: Douglas, Harlan, White, Marshall Concurrence by: Harlan Dissent by: Burger Joined by: Stewart Dissent by: Black
Laws applied
U.S. Const. amend. XIV

In re Winship, 397 U.S. 358 (1970), was a United States Supreme Court decision which held that when a juvenile is charged with an act which would be a crime if committed by an adult, every element of the offense must be proved beyond a reasonable doubt. The case has come to stand for a broader proposition, however, which is that in any criminal prosecution, every essential element of the offense must be proved beyond a reasonable doubt. See, e.g., Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466, 477 (2000); Sullivan v. Louisiana, 508 U.S. 275, 278 (1993).

[edit] See also

• List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 397