· 5/29/1965
James O. Scurry v. United States
Citations
- 347 F.2d 468
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- equating reasonable doubt with important personal decisions “den[ies] the defendant the benefit of a reasonable doubt”
- equating reasonable doubt with important personal decisions \den(ies) the defendant the benefit of a reasonable doubt\
- noting “a substantial difference between a juror’s verdict of guilt beyond a reasonable doubt and a person making a judgment in a matter of personal importance to him”
- “a doubt for which you can assign a reason”
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Judges: Bazelon, Wright
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