Bryant v. State

Levi Bryant was convicted of murder for unlawfully and maliciously killing Anderson Bolus by cutting and stabbing him with a knife. A new trial being refused, Bryant excepted.

1. One ground of the motion for a new trial complains that the court erred in failing to charge the jury “that the burden of proof was upon the State to make out its case beyond a reasonable doubt.” The court did charge as follows: “ The defendant enters upon the trial of his case with the presumption of innocence in his favor, and that presumption remains with him throughout the entire trial until his guilt be…