[As amended by order of the Court of Appeals October 21, 1994.]
BECKER, J.
These cases, linked and now consolidated on appeal, raise two constitutional issues: First, does the giving of a standard inference instruction in a burglary case violate due process by allowing the jury to infer criminal intent solely from the fact of unlawful entry?
Second, if the inference could have been used by the jury as the sole and sufficient basis for establishing...
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