828 F. Supp. 1413 - Morley v. Stenberg’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 2 state decisions

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1. “The word 'probability' brings to mind terms such as 'chance,' 'possibility,' 'likelihood' and 'plausibility'—none of which appear to suggest the high level of certainty which is required to be convinced of a defendant's guilt 'beyond a reasonable doubt.' " Morley v. Stenberg, 828 F.Supp. 1413, 1422 (1993). All of these terms, however, are consistent with the interpretation of "substantial doubt”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Victor v. Nebraska

2. “whether the challenged language tends to overstate the degree of doubt required to acquit or understate the degree of certainty required to convict.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Morley v. Stenberg

3. “arising from mere possibility, from bare imagination, or from fanciful conjecture,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Victor v. Nebraska