California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Valencia, E066037 (Cal. App. 2018):
The visual aid used in this case is quite different from the one in question in Centeno, supra, 60 Cal.4th 659. It is more similar to the one at issue in People v. Medina (1995) 11 Cal.4th 694. In that case, during jury selection, the prosecutor displayed a diagram that "simply showed two horizontal lines, one labeled '100 percent certainty' and a second line beneath it labeled 'beyond a reasonable doubt.' The prosecutor then asked some jurors who were ultimately selected to serve not to 'hold' him to the 100 percent standard, but only to the 'lower' standard. At one point, the prosecutor
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