226 Conn. 912
Decided June 17, 1993
Supreme Court of Connecticut · decided 1993-06-17
Relies on 31 Conn. App. 178 - State v. Leonard
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Decided 1993-06-17
Cited by 24 later decisions — most recently July 2010
1 district · 23 state decisions
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¶1The defendant’s petition for certification for appeal from the Appellate Court, 31 Conn. App. 178 (AC 10653), is granted, limited to the following issue:
“Did the Appellate Court properly conclude that the trial court’s instruction on reasonable doubt (‘A reasonable doubt is a doubt for which a valid reason can be assigned’) did not dilute the state’s burden of proof or violate the presumption of innocence?”