PEOPLE v. REYES


207 A.D.2d 362 (1994)

615 N.Y.S.2d 450

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. William Reyes, Appellant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Second Department.

August 1, 1994


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant contends that the trial court's use of the words "substance" and "consequence" when defining reasonable doubt for the jury violated his right to due process by overstating the degree of doubt necessary for acquittal. We disagree. Recently, in Victor v Nebraska (511 US ___, 114 S.Ct. 1239), the United States Supreme Court held that jury instructions which defined reasonable doubt through the use of references...

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