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Legal Citation: 397 U.S. 358 (1970)

Appellant
Samuel Winship

Appellee
State of New York

Appellant's Claim
That his conviction of a crime in a juvenile delinquency proceeding was unconstitutional because the state did not prove that he committed the crime beyond a reasonable doubt

Chief Lawyer for Appellant
Rena K. Uviller

Chief Lawyer for Appellee
Stanley Buchsbaum

Justices for the Court
Harry A. Blackmun, William J. Brennan, Jr., (writing for the Court), William O. Douglas, John Marshall Harlan II, Thurgood Marshall, Byron R. White

Justices Dissenting
Hugo Lafayette Black, Warren E. Burger, Potter Stewart

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
31 March 1970

Decision
That the criminal law standard requiring proof of a crime beyond a reasonable doubt is...