Morris v. State

Townsend, Judge.

1. Reginald Morris and Bobby Beckworth were convicted of the offense of shooting at another on an indictment charging them with assault with intent to murder. The court charged: “The defendants are presumed in law to be innocent of the charge until and unless the evidence satisfies your minds beyond a reasonable doubt as to their guilt. The burden of producing such evidence is on the State.” Error is assigned on grounds that the charge is not sufficiently full and on the use of the word “evidence” instead of “proof”.

(а) Substantially the same charge was held in Wages v. State,…