What is the test for reducing the burden of proof?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Goodwin, B197574 (Cal. App. 2015):
In short, it is quite clear that, "[c]onsidered as a whole, the instructions did not reduce the prosecution's burden of proof." (People v. Williams, supra, 161 Cal.App.4th at p. 711.) There was no error.
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