Jackson v. State

Neither the remarks of the judge in ruling on the motion for a continuance nor his refusal to continue the case requires the grant of a new trial.

The judge instructed the jury that “the defendant enters upon the trial of this case with a presumption of innocence in his favor, and that presumption remains with him throughout the trial, in the nature of evidence in his behalf, until it is overcome by such evidence as convinces you beyond a reasonable doubt of his guilt,” and several times told the jury that they should not convict the accused unless they were satisfied of his guilt beyond a…