Is a defendant entitled to every resaonable doubt, whether it arise out of a question of doubt or as a matter of fact?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Sand v. Superior Court, 194 Cal.Rptr. 480, 34 Cal.3d 567, 668 P.2d 787 (Cal. 1983):
It is a well established principle of statutory construction that " '[t]he defendant is entitled to the benefit of every resaonable doubt, whether it arise out of a question of fact, or as to the true interpretation of words or the construction of language used in a statute.' " (People v. Davis, supra, 29 Cal.3d at p. 828, 176 Cal.Rptr. 521, 633 P.2d 186, quoting In re Tartar (1959) 52 Cal.2d 250, 256-257, 339 P.2d 553.)
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