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U.S. v. AMOS

No. 86-1006.

803 F.2d 419 (1986)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Jeffrey Scott AMOS, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided October 16, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence J. Fleming, St. Louis, Mo., for appellant.

Steven Holtshouser, Asst. U.S. Atty., St. Louis, Mo., for appellee.

Before ROSS, WOLLMAN, and MAGILL, Circuit Judges.

ROSS, Circuit Judge.

The question presented in this case is whether the recently enacted Insanity Defense Reform Act, 18 U.S.C. §§ 20, 4241-4247 (Supp.1984) violates the due process clause of the fifth amendment by unconstitutionally shifting to the defendant, the burden of proving insanity by clear and convincing evidence. We conclude that it does not, and therefore affirm the judgment of the district court.

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