Pyles v. State

1. An instruction to the jury in a criminal case, that, where the defense of alibi is relied on, the burden is on the accused to establish this defense “to your satisfaction,” is not erroneous, when, in immediate connection therewith, the jury are instructed to consider the testimony in reference to the special defense along with all of the evidence in the case, and that, in order to convict, the jury must be satisfied of guilt beyond a reasonable doubt, after considering all of the evidence and the prisoner’s statement. The omission of the word “reasonable” before satisfaction is not…