Starr v. State

Pope, Judge,

Defendant Joe Starr was tried before a jury and convicted of armed robbery and subsequently sentenced to 12 years imprisonment. Starr appeals, enumerating two errors. We affirm.

1. “In state criminal trials, the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment ‘protects the accused against conviction except upon proof beyond a reasonable doubt of every fact necessary to constitute the crime with which he is charged.’ In re Winship, 397 U. S. 358, 364, 25 L Ed 2d 368, 90 S Ct 1068 (1970), [cits].” Cage v. Louisiana, 498 U. S. _ (111 SC 328, 112 LE2d 339, 341) (1990) (per curiam).…