People v. McWhorter

The respondent was convicted in the circuit court for Kent county of the crime of rape. In his general charge the court instructed the jury as follows:

“ At the outset of this trial the respondent stands before you surrounded with the presumption of innocence. The burden is upon the prosecution to remove this presumption of innocence which surrounds him by evidence of guilt sufficient to satisfy you beyond a reasonable doubt of its truth. The respondent can rest secure until the prosecution have satisfied you by good and sufficient evidence, beyond a reasonable doubt, that he is guilty as…