What is the burden of proving every element of a charged crime against a defendant in a civil case?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Merritt, 2 Cal.5th 819, 216 Cal.Rptr.3d 265, 392 P.3d 421 (Cal. 2017):
charged crime, not just the elements his lawyer chose to contest. (See Estelle v. McGuire (1991) 502 U.S. 62, 69, 112 S.Ct. 475, 116 L.Ed.2d 385 ["the prosecution's burden to prove every element of the crime is not relieved by a
[2 Cal.5th 841]
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