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RUFFIN v. STATE

No. 86, September Term, 2005.

906 A.2d 360 (2006)

394 Md. 355

James Allen RUFFIN v. STATE of Maryland.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

August 31, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Julia Doyle Bernhardt, Asst. Public Defender (Nancy S. Forester, Public Defender, Baltimore), on brief, for Petitioner.

Sarah Page Pritzlaff, Asst. Atty. General (J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Atty. General, Baltimore), for Respondent.

Argued before BELL, C.J., WILNER, CATHELL, HARRELL, BATTAGLIA, GREENE and JOHN C. ELDRIDGE (Retired, Specially Assigned), JJ.

ELDRIDGE, Judge.

In every criminal jury trial, the trial court is required to instruct the jury that the defendant is presumed innocent, that in order to convict the defendant of the charged crime the State must prove the guilt of the defendant beyond a reasonable doubt, and that the jury has a duty to acquit in the absence of such proof. Merzbacher v. State, 346 Md. 391, 398, 697 A.2d 432, 436...

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