What are the implications of the Due Process Clause in the context of sexual assault cases?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Potter v. Hornbeak, Case No. 2:08-cv-01174-MSB (E.D. Cal. 2011):

Under clearly established federal law, "the Due Process Clause protects the accused against conviction except upon proof beyond a reasonable doubt of every fact necessary to constitute the crime with which he is charged." Winship, 397 U.S. at 364. "[T]he relevant question is whether, after viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution, any rational trier of fact could have found the essential elements of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt." Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U.S. 307, 319 (1979).

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