Gordon v. State

1. In the absence of an appropriate written request for fuller instructions, the following charge was a sufficient instruction with reference to the burden of proof, and the degree thereof essential to a conviction: “Notwithstanding this indictment, the defendant enters into the trial of this case with the presumption of innocence in his favor, and that presumption remains with the defendant throughout the entire trial, in the nature of evidence, as a shield and protection, until the State satisfies your minds by the evidence in the case, beyond a reasonable doubt, of the defendant’s guilt.”

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