Nevius v. State

How courts have described this case

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• holding that general instructions on credibility of witnesses and the burden of proof were sufficient
• holding that specific eyewitness identification instruction is duplicitous of general instructions on credibility of witnesses and proof beyond a reasonable doubt
• holding that 17 voluntary intoxication may be considered if “some evidence” supports the theory
• holding that 20 voluntary intoxication may be considered if “some evidence” supports the theory
• holding it was not error to refuse a voluntary- intoxication jury instruction because there was no evidence of intoxication at the time of the crime
• explaining that the jury can predicate its verdict on either of alternative theories of liability

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).