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reasonable-doubt standard

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United States Supreme Court

the Sixth Amendment itself has never been held to require proof beyond a reasonable doubt in criminal cases. The reasonable-doubt standard developed separately from both the jury trial and the unanimous verdict

Defined by the Supreme Court in - Apodaca v. Oregon, 406 U.S. 404 (1972).