Legal Opinion
State v. Williams
Idaho Court of Appeals
Decided June 3, 2005No. 30981PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LANSING, Judge.
Harry Williams appeals from the judgment of conviction entered after a jury found him guilty of two counts of possession of methamphetamine, Idaho Code § 37-2732(c)(1). Williams contends that the court committed reversible error by using in the jury instructions a definition of reasonable doubt that was misleading.
The trial court defined reasonable doubt in the jury instructions as follows:
It is not mere possible doubt, because everything relating to human affairs is open to some possible or imaginary doubt. It is the state of the ease which, after the entire comparison and…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- State v. MerwinIdaho Supreme Court · 1998
- State v. DudleyIdaho Court of Appeals · 2002
- State v. HarrisIdaho Court of Appeals · 2001
- State v. KeavenyIdaho Supreme Court · 2001
- State v. StricklinIdaho Court of Appeals · 2001
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