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COM. v. REILLY

519 Pa. 550 (1988)

549 A.2d 503

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Bernadette REILLY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided October 17, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael S. Goodwin, Feasterville, John W. Packel, Philadelphia, for amicus — Defender Assoc. of Phila.

Leonard N. Sosnov, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Alan M. Rubenstein, Dist. Atty., Doylestown, Stephen B. Harris, Warrington, for appellee.

Before NIX, C.J., and LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, ZAPPALA and PAPADAKOS, JJ.

OPINION

NIX, Chief Justice.

The issue presented in this appeal is whether section 315 of the Pennsylvania Crimes Code, 18 Pa.C.S. § 315,1 which places the burden of proving insanity upon the criminal defendant by a preponderance of the evidence, violates Article I, section 9 of the Pennsylvania Constitution, which assures all persons due process of law. Despite the requirement that...

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