Huff v. State

[1] At the conclusion of the evidence, the court, at the reguest of the state; gave the following written charge:

“The court charges the jury that if they believe the evidence, they must find the defendant guilty as charged, and assess a fine of - dollars.”

The giving of this charge was error, for which the judgment must be reversed. The jury is not authorized to convict a defendant of crime unless they believe the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt.

As this case must be remanded for another trial, and there are other rulings of the court to which exceptions were taken, some of them having merit…