How have the courts instructed the jury on the standard of proof in a sexual assault case?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Hall, H037200 (Cal. App. 2013):

Furthermore the court instructed the jury on the reasonable doubt standard of proof, as well as on the presumption of innocence. "We presume that jurors treat the court's instructions as a statement of the law by a judge, and the prosecutor's comments as words spoken by an advocate in an attempt to persuade." (People v. Clair (1992) 2 Cal.4th 629, 663, fn. 8; see also People v. Smith (2005) 35 Cal.4th 334, 372.)

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