State v. Bailey

The court did not err in refusing to charge the jury in the language of some of the defendant's requests to charge. There were six requests.* The first relates to the meaning and effect of the law forbidding a conviction unless the jury are satisfied that the accused is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Upon this point the court charged the jury fully, correctly, and in substantial compliance with the request.a The third request relates to the proof necessary to establish that deliberation and premeditation, in the perpetration of the offense, essential to bring a murder committed within the…