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Fuller v. State

Citations

  • 363 S.W.3d 583
  • 2012 WL 1019964
  • 2012 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 501

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  • explaining that the term “beyond a reasonable doubt” does not mean proof beyond all doubt
  • providing that jurors should supply their own meaning of the phrase “beyond a reasonable doubt” based on “their own common-sense understanding of the words”
  • providing that jurors should supply their own meaning of the phrase “beyond a reasonable doubt” based on “their own common-sense understanding of the words”
  • providing that jurors should supply their own meaning of the phrase “beyond a reasonable doubt” based on “their own common-sense understanding of the words”
  • noting that this Court normally defers to the Court of Appeals to have the initial opportunity to assess harm
  • explaining that a trial court abuses its discretion if it refuses to allow the defendant to voir dire venirepersons about what they think reasonable doubt means

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Judges: Price, Keller, Meyers, Johnson, Keasler, Hervey, Cochran, Alcala, Womack

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