Jones v. State

On the trial of an indictment for murder, the court refused the following special instruction, requested by defendant:

“Each and every one of you is entitled to Ms own conception as to what constitutes a reasonable doubt of the guilt of the defendant, and, before you can convict this defendant, the evidence must be so strong that it convinces each juror of the defendant’s guilt beyond all reasonable doubt, and if, after a consideration of all the evidence, a single juror has a reasonable doubt of defendant’s guilt, .then you cannot find him guilty.”

The Court of Appeals was of opinion that the…