Mason v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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1. “In every criminal case, a defendant is presumed to be innocent. That doesn't mean they are innocent. What it means is the presumption of innocence standing alone is sufficient to acquit a defendant unless the prosecution meets its burden of proof and proves the defendant guilty by the standard provided by law. That's what presumption of innocence means. It's another way of saying nobody has to prove they're not guilty. That's the one clich[e] you hear around and I think it's going to apply, or certainly apply, in criminal trials in the State of Texas is that you[] are innocent until proven guilty. So the presumption of innocence means that you are innocent until proven guilty unless there's sufficient evidence to convince you beyond a reasonable doubt that a defendant is guilty.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Johnson v. State

2. “require to reach th[e] level of confidence”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Johnson v. State