STATE v. WILLIAMS

No. 30981.

118 P.3d 158 (2005)

STATE of Idaho, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Harry WILLIAMS, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Idaho.

Review Denied August 24, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nevin, Benjamin McKay, LLP, Boise, for appellant. Dennis A. Benjamin argued.

Hon. Lawrence G. Wasden, Attorney General; Carol L. Chaffee, Deputy Attorney General, Boise, for respondent. Carol L. Chaffee argued.


LANSING, Judge.

Harry Williams appeals from the judgment of conviction entered after a jury found him guilty of two counts of possession of methamphetamine, Idaho Code § 37-2732(c)(1). Williams contends that the court committed reversible error by using in the jury instructions a definition of reasonable doubt that was misleading.

The trial court defined reasonable doubt in the jury instructions as follows:

It is not mere possible doubt, because...

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