What is the test for reasonable doubt in a sexual assault case?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from The People v. Olea, D055940, No. SCD164743 (Cal. App. 2010):
Olea's reliance on People v. Simpson (1954) 43 Cal.2d 553 is misplaced. The defendant in Simpson argued the trial court's instruction on reasonable doubt shifted the burden to him to prove his innocence. The court instructed that the term "reasonable doubt" meant "a doubt which has some good reason for its existence arising out of
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