Smith v. State

Citations

• 9 Tex. Ct. App. 150

Syllabus

<p>“Reasonable Doubt”—Ohabge ot the Court.—Note in this case an instruction on the doctrine of reasonable doubt held to be erroneous because, overslaughing the presumption of innocence, it in eifeet conditioned a verdict of acquittal upon the jury’s belief that the accused was innocent, instead of on the sufficiency of the evidence to establish his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.</p>