Williams v. State

Pannell, Judge.

The defendant was tried for the offense of murder and convicted of voluntary manslaughter. His motion for a new trial was overruled and he appealed to this court. Held:

1. Complaint is made that the trial judge, after charging the jury that the burden was upon the State to prove the defendant guilty of the crime charged beyond a reasonable doubt, defined the term "reasonable doubt” to the jury but failed to define the word "beyond” appearing in the phrase "beyond a reasonable doubt.” We think that the jury, after hearing the charge given and the definition of the term…