Ayre v. State

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The fundamental principle of the administration of criminal justice under our judicial processes is that a person accused of crime is presumed to be innocent until proved guilty. “The principle that there is a presumption of innocence in favor of the accused is the undoubted law, axiomatic and elementary, and its enforcement lies at the foundation of the administration of our criminal law.” Coffin v. United States, 156 U. S. 432, 453-454. 1 No person may be convicted and punished except upon evidence sufficient in law to establish beyond a reasonable doubt the corpus delicti, that is that…