What is the burden of production and proof shifted to a defendant in a criminal case?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from USA. v. Kaluna, 192 F.3d 1188 (9th Cir. 1999):
Under narrowly circumscribed conditions, the burdens of production and proof may be shifted to a defendant in a criminal case. For example, where a defendant relies on an exception to a criminal statute, he generally bears the burden of establishing and showing that he comes within that exception6. See United States v. Gravenmeir,
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