516 So. 2d 184 - State v. Holmes’s Empirical Analysis
1987
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
1
states following
April 1995
most recently cited
1 federal appellate · 9 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Manson v. Brathwaite · Williams v. Illinois · 446 So. 2d 729 - State v. Prudholm · 433 So. 2d 73 - State v. Neslo · 404 So. 2d 907 - State v. Robinson
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“was not erroneous and did not cause any prejudice by misleading the jury into applying an insufficient standard. The language in the present case contains some of these same words, and after a careful review of the jury charge, it does not appear that the jury could be misled or confused by the instructions. We find that the trial court adequately advised the jury as to the concepts of reasonable doubt and presumption of innocence. Furthermore, we find reasonable persons of ordinary intelligence would have no problem in understanding the definition of”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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