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Winegeart v. State

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided May 24, 1996No. 20504-9503-CR-344PublishedCited by 76 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

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DICKSON, Justice.

How to instruct juries regarding reasonable doubt has long been a subject on which courts, individual judges, and lawyers have taken differing approaches. Today we seek not only to resolve conflicting opinions among different panels of the Court of Appeals but also to foster the improved wording of instructions so that we may achieve greater juror understanding and better application of the rudimentary principle of proof beyond a reasonable doubt.

Following a jury trial, defendant-appellant Steve Winegeart was convicted of the crime of burglary, a class…

2Cases cited30 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. In Re WINSHIPSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  3. Estelle v. McGuireSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  4. Sandstrom v. MontanaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  5. Holland v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1955

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3Cited by76 opinions

  1. Ben-Yisrayl v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 2000
  2. Brown v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1998
  3. State v. MerwinIdaho Supreme Court · 1998
  4. Warren v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 2000
  5. Morgan v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 2001

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