The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed.
In instructing the jury, the trial court stated twice that a reasonable doubt was a doubt for which the jurors would, if called upon, be able to give a reason. It also offered an extended illustration to that effect, using jurors' names. Defense counsel objected that the charge conveyed that a reasonable doubt must be based on a "reason that [the...
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