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" It is not a mere possible doubt; because everything relating to human affairs, and depending on moral evidence, is open to some possible or imaginary doubt. It is that state of the case, which, after the entire comparison and consideration of all the... "
A Treatise on the Law of Evidence - Page 30
by Simon Greenleaf - 1853
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The Supreme Court Justices: A Biographical Dictionary

Melvin I. Urofsky - Judges - 1994 - 598 pages
...again concurred alone when the Court decided that two trial judges' definition of "reasonable doubt" as "an abiding conviction, to a moral certainty, of the truth of the charge" and "an actual and substantial doubt ... as distinguished from a doubt arising from mere possibility"...
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Preparation for Licensing and Board Certification Examinations in Psychology ...

Robert G. Meyer - Physicians - 1995 - 220 pages
...possible doubt" but one "depending on moral evidence," such that the jurors could not say they felt an abiding conviction "to a moral certainty" of the truth of the charge. Ideally, one should look at all the available information, but that is not always possible. Yet sometimes...
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Reasonable Doubts: The Criminal Justice System and the O.J. Simpson Case

Alan M. Dershowitz - Law - 1997 - 276 pages
...case, which after the entire comparison and consideration of all the evidence, leaves the minds of the jurors in that condition that they cannot say they feel an abiding conviction about the truth of the charge.7 Were the jurors' doubts in the Simpson case "reasonable" or "unreasonable"...
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Untersuchungen zur Unschuldsvermutung

Carl-Friedrich Stuckenberg - Law - 1997 - 692 pages
...because everything relating to human affairs, is open to some possible or imaginary doubt. It is that of the case, which, after the entire comparison and...conviction, to a moral certainty, of the truth of the charge [. . .] but the evidence must establish the truth of the fact to a reasonable and moral certainty;...
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The American Jury System

Randolph N. Jonakait - Law - 2003 - 646 pages
...case which, after the entire comparison and consideration of all the evidence, leaves the minds of the jurors in that condition that they cannot say they...conviction, to a moral certainty, of the truth of the charge."15 The jurors, not surprisingly, struggled to understand. One of them tried to clarify: "I...
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Legal Language

Peter M. Tiersma - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1999 - 330 pages
...case which, after the entire comparison and consideration of all the evidence, leaves the mind of the jurors in that condition that they cannot say they feel an abiding conviction of the truth of the charge.45 As with most California instructions, this is hardly a model of clear...
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Criminal Law

David C. Brody, James R. Acker, Wayne A. Logan - Law - 2001 - 674 pages
...case which, after the entire comparison and consideration of all the evidence, leaves the minds of the jurors in that condition that they cannot say they...to a moral certainty, of the truth of the charge." . . . (emphasis added) The Court, through an opinion authored by Justice O'Connor, found no constitutional...
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Race in the Jury Box: Affirmative Action in Jury Selection

Hiroshi Fukurai, Richard Krooth - Social Science - 2003 - 294 pages
...case which. after the entire comparison and consideration of all the evidence. leaves the minds of the jurors in that condition that they cannot say they...conviction. to a moral certainty. of the truth of the charge lsee Section 2.90 in Califoraia Jury Instructions. I98fi) In re Kinships enunciation of the right to...
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Trace Evidence Analysis: More Cases in Forensic Microscopy and Mute Witnesses

Max M. Houck - Social Science - 2003 - 300 pages
...case, which, after the entire comparison and consideration of all the evidence, leaves the minds of the jurors in that condition that they cannot say they...to a moral certainty, of the truth of the charge. Based on a review of numerous erroneous convictions that have been reported over the past 10 years,...
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The American Jury System

Randolph N. Jonakait - Law - 2008 - 372 pages
...case which, after the entire comparison and consideration of all the evidence, leaves the minds of the jurors in that condition that they cannot say they...conviction, to a moral certainty, of the truth of the charge."15 The jurors, not surprisingly, struggled to understand. One of them tried to clarify: "I...
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