Joseph Martin Gaines v. Walter R. Kelly

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• describing the scope of the second exception as a \difficult question\ unaided by the \relatively sparse guidance\ of the Supreme Court
• “[e]ven were each and every one of the individual definitions of reasonable doubt to pass constitutional muster, their cumulative effect may violate constitutional due process”
• cumulative effect of instructional errors impaired right to have state prove elements of offense beyond reasonable doubt
• “[I]t logically follows [from Sullivan ] that the reasonable doubt rule flowing from Cage plays a pivotal role in ensuring the accuracy of the findings that underlie any criminal conviction rendered by a jury.”
• “Because any criminal conviction rendered pursuant to an unconstitutional definition of reasonable doubt is necessarily unfair, we conclude that the rule advanced by [the defendant] falls within the second exception to the Teague doctrine.” (citation omitted)

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